ArticleCell transplantation2019
Transplanting Cells for Spinal Cord Repair: Who, What, When, Where and Why?
Article in Cell transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Therapeutic Strategies Based on 15 Types of Stem Cells in Animal Models.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Beyond Transplantation: Engineering Neural Cell Therapies and Combination Strategies for Spinal Cord Repair.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Spinal Epidural Abscess Complicated by Compressive Myelopathy and Secondary Cord Ischemia: A Case Report.Case reports in surgery · 2026Article
- Combining Therapeutic Strategies to Treat the Injured Spinal Cord: A Translational Perspective.Journal of neurotrauma · 2025Review
- Circuit Reconstruction after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury by Cellular and Pharmacological Approaches.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Bibliometric analysis of stem cells for spinal cord injury: current status and emerging frontiers.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Respiratory plasticity following spinal cord injury: perspectives from mouse to man.Neural regeneration research · 2022Review
- Transneuronal tracing to map connectivity in injured and transplanted spinal networks.Experimental neurology · 2022Review
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- Diseased, differentiated and difficult: Strategies for improved engineering ofFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms and Prospects.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Cell transplantation to repair the injured spinal cord.International review of neurobiology · 2022Article
- Getting in touch with your senses: Mechanisms specifying sensory interneurons in the dorsal spinal cord.WIREs mechanisms of disease · 2021Review
- Respiratory Training and Plasticity After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Review
- Transplanting neural progenitor cells to restore connectivity after spinal cord injury.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2020Review
- Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury.Cell transplantationArticle
- Cellular therapy for locomotor function: Translating potential into practice.Cell transplantationArticle
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Abstract
Cellular transplantation for repair of the injured spinal cord has a rich history with strategies focused on neuroprotection, immunomodulation, and neural reconstruction. The goal of the present review is to provide a concise overview and discussion of five key themes that have become important considerations for rebuilding functional neural networks. The questions raised include: (i) who are the donor cells selected for transplantation, (ii) what is the intended target for repair, (iii) when is the optimal time for transplantation, (iv) where should the cells be delivered, and lastly (v) why does cell transplantation remain an attractive candidate for promoting neural repair after injury? Recent developments in neurobiology and engineering now enable us to start addressing these questions with multidisciplinary expertise and methods.
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