ReviewNeural regeneration research2021
Progress in clinical trials of stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy.
Review in Neural regeneration research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Safety and efficacy of umbilical cord-derived stem cell therapy for the treatment of cerebral palsy patients: a systematic review.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of stem cell therapy in cerebral palsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of stem cell therapy on brain metabolic profile in cerebral palsy assessed by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells may be a viable treatment modality in cerebral palsy.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Trial
- Safety and efficacy outcomes after intranasal administration of neural stem cells in cerebral palsy: a randomized phase 1/2 controlled trial.Stem cell research & therapy · 2023Trial
- The safety and efficacy of umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells in individuals with spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial.BMC neurology · 2022Trial
- Engineering Silk Fibroin-Based Biomaterials for Neural Repair.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Regenerative medicine approaches for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review of clinical safety and effectiveness.Translational pediatrics · 2026Review
- The role of persistent inflammation in failed recovery after perinatal brain injury: is resolution the cure?Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Review
- Context-Dependent Regulation of Microglial Metabolic and Immune States via IL-3/CD123 Signaling: Implications for Glial Crosstalk and Cognitive Impairment.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Hypoxic Preconditioning Upregulates Connexin 43 in Neural Stem Cells to Enhance Host Angiogenesis After Transplantation -Evidence from a Rat Model of Cerebral Palsy.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Constraint-induced movement therapy combined with mesenchymal stem cell transplantation promotes myelination and functional recovery by inhibiting PRKCD/MEK/ERK pathway in hemiplegic cerebral palsy rats.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
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- Repeated Intrathecal Stem Cells Optimize Neuroplasticity and Motor Function in Moderate-to-Severe Cerebral Palsy of Rats.Stem cells international · 2025Article
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Induced Neuroprotection in Pediatric Neurological Diseases: Recent Update of Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Utility.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Stem cell therapies for neurological disorders: current progress, challenges, and future perspectives.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in the therapeutic intervention of Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and stroke.Theranostics · 2024Review
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- Chitosan Scaffolds as Microcarriers for Dynamic Culture of Human Neural Stem Cells.Pharmaceutics · 2023Article
- Neural stem cell-derived exosome as a nano-sized carrier for BDNF delivery to a rat model of ischemic stroke.Neural regeneration research · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Cerebral palsy is the most common disease in children associated with lifelong disability in many countries. Clinical research has demonstrated that traditional physiotherapy and rehabilitation therapies cannot alone cure cerebral palsy. Stem cell transplantation is an emerging therapy that has been applied in clinical trials for a variety of neurological diseases because of the regenerative and unlimited proliferative capacity of stem cells. In this review, we summarize the design schemes and results of these clinical trials. Our findings reveal great differences in population characteristics, stem cell types and doses, administration methods, and evaluation methods among the included clinical trials. Furthermore, we also assess the safety and efficacy of these clinical trials. We anticipate that our findings will advance the rational development of clinical trials of stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy and contribute to the clinical application of stem cells.
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