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ReviewNeurochemistry international2017

Neural stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative disorders: The role of neurotrophic support.

Samuel E Marsh, Mathew Blurton-Jones

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Review in Neurochemistry international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel E MarshInstitute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Mathew Blurton-JonesInstitute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. Electronic address: mblurton@uci.edu.
University of California, Irvine · US

Funding

UC Irvine Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell CoreP50AG016573 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LAFERLA, FRANK M · 2000 to 2019
$37.0M
Training in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimers DiseaseT32AG000096 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI VIVEK SWARUP, Craig E Stark · 1985 to 2026
$9.6M
Training Program in Stem Cell Translational Medicine for Neurological DisordersT32NS082174 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PETER John DONOVAN, Leslie Michels Thompson · 2013 to 2026
$3.3M
The role of TREM2 in human microglial function and Alzheimer disease pathogenesisRF1AG048099 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BLURTON-JONES, MATHEW MARK · 2014 to 2014
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS P50 AG016573NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG048099NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000096NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS082174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease currently affect tens of millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, as the world's population ages, the incidence of many of these diseases will continue to rise and is expected to more than double by 2050. Despite significant research and a growing understanding of disease pathogenesis, only a handful of therapies are currently available and all of them provide only transient benefits. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop novel disease-modifying therapies to prevent the development or slow the progression of these debilitating disorders. A growing number of pre-clinical studies have suggested that transplantation of neural stem cells (NSCs) could offer a promising new therapeutic approach for neurodegeneration. While much of the initial excitement about this strategy focused on the use of NSCs to replace degenerating neurons, more recent studies have implicated NSC-mediated changes in neurotrophins as a major mechanism of therapeutic efficacy. In this mini-review we will discuss recent work that examines the ability of NSCs to provide trophic support to disease-effected neuronal populations and synapses in models of neurodegeneration. We will then also discuss some of key challenges that remain before NSC-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases can be translated toward potential clinical testing.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCell SurvivalGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorHumansNerve Growth FactorsNeural Stem CellsNeurodegenerative DiseasesStem Cell TransplantationBDNF protein, humanBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorGDNF protein, humanGlial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic FactorNerve Growth FactorsAlzheimer's diseaseBDNFGDNFNeural stem cellsParkinson's diseaseTransplantation

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PMID28219641
PMCPMC5446923
OpenAlexW2591293787

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