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ReviewNeural regeneration research2016

Examining the properties and therapeutic potential of glial restricted precursors in spinal cord injury.

Kazuo Hayakawa, Christopher Haas, Itzhak Fischer

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kazuo HayakawaDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.
Christopher HaasDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Itzhak FischerDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

SurgeryP01NS055976 · NINDS · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI HOULE, JOHN D. · 2007 to 2017
$12.3M
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS055976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the aftermath of spinal cord injury, glial restricted precursors (GRPs) and immature astrocytes offer the potential to modulate the inflammatory environment of the injured spinal cord and promote host axon regeneration. Nevertheless clinical application of cellular therapy for the repair of spinal cord injury requires strict quality-assured protocols for large-scale production and preservation that necessitates long-term in vitro expansion. Importantly, such processes have the potential to alter the phenotypic and functional properties and thus therapeutic potential of these cells. Furthermore, clinical use of cellular therapies may be limited by the inflammatory microenvironment of the injured spinal cord, altering the phenotypic and functional properties of grafted cells. This report simulates the process of large-scale GRP production and demonstrates the permissive properties of GRP following long-term in vitro culture. Furthermore, we defined the phenotypic and functional properties of GRP in the presence of inflammatory factors, and call attention to the importance of the microenvironment of grafted cells, underscoring the importance of modulating the environment of the injured spinal cord.

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astrocytesaxon regenerationglial restricted precursorinflammatory factorslong-term culturespinal cord injury

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PMID27212899
PMCPMC4870895

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