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ArticleRegenerative medicine2010

Progenitor cell therapy for traumatic brain injury: effect of serum osmolarity on cell viability and cytokine production.

Peter A Walker, Fernando Jimenez, Charles S Cox

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Article in Regenerative medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells reduce therapeutic intensity for severe traumatic brain injury in children.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter A WalkerDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 5.234, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Fernando Jimenez
Charles S Cox
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Zolmitriptan challenge and human performance testingM01RR002558 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI SCHULTZ, STANLEY G · 1985 to 2006
$10.3M
ROLE OF THE GUT IN POST INJURY MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURET32GM008792 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Charles S Cox · 2001 to 2026
$5.2M
Hypothermia for Acute Brain Injury in ChildrenR21HD042659 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI COX, CHARLES S · 2003 to 2004
$223k
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR002558NCRR NIH HHS R21 M01 RR 02558NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD042659NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008792NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM 08 79201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe potential translation of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy into a multimodal protocol for traumatic brain injury requires evaluation of viability and cytokine production in a hyperosmolar environment. Optimization of MSC therapy requires delivery to the target area without significant loss of cellular function or viability. No model evaluating the potential efficacy of MSC therapy at varying osmolarities currently exists.

methodsRat MSCs were characterized with flow cytometric immunophenotyping. MSCs (passage 3) were placed in culture with multipotent adult progenitor cell media at varying osmolarities (250, 270, 290, 310, 330, 350 and 370 mOsm) potentially found with hypertonic saline infusion. After culture for 24 h, cellular viability was measured using flow cytometry (n = 6). Next, brain tissue supernatant was harvested from both normal rat brains and injured brains 6 h after cortical injury. Subsequently, MSCs were placed in culture with multipotent adult progenitor cell media +/- 20% normal brain or injured brain supernatant (at the aforementioned osmolarities) and allowed to remain in culture for 24 h (n = 11). At this point, media supernatant cytokine levels were measured using a multiplex cytokine assay system.

resultsMSCs showed no clinically significant difference in viability at 24 h. MSCs cultured with 20% injured brain supernatant showed an decrease in proinflammatory cytokine production (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta) with increasing osmolarity. No difference in anti-inflammatory cytokine production (IL-4 and IL-10) was observed.

conclusionProgenitor cell therapy for traumatic brain injury may require survival and activity in a hyperosmolar environment. Culture of MSCs in such conditions shows no clinically significant effect on cell viability. In addition, MSC efficacy could potentially be enhanced via a decrease in proinflammatory cytokine production. Overall, a multimodal traumatic brain injury treatment protocol based upon MSC infusion and hypertonic saline therapy would not negatively affect progenitor cell efficacy and could be considered for multicenter clinical trials.

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AnimalsBrain InjuriesCell Culture TechniquesCell SurvivalCombined Modality TherapyCytokinesHypertonic SolutionsInflammationMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationRatsCytokinesHypertonic Solutions

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PMID20017695
PMCPMC2823122
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