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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2021

Current Status and Challenges of Stem Cell Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.

Mar Pacheco-Herrero, Luis O Soto-Rojas, Heidy Reyes-Sabater, Linda Garcés-Ramirez, Fidel de la Cruz López, Ignacio Villanueva-Fierro, José Luna-Muñoz

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mar Pacheco-HerreroNeuroscience Research Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic.
Luis O Soto-RojasFacultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, State of Mexico, Mexico.
Heidy Reyes-SabaterNeuroscience Research Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic.
Linda Garcés-RamirezEscuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Depto de Fisiología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Fidel de la Cruz LópezEscuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Depto de Fisiología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Ignacio Villanueva-FierroInstituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR, Unidad Durango, Durango, México.
José Luna-MuñozNational Dementia BioBank, Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, UNAM, State of Mexico, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases called tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, and Parkinson's disease, among others, are characterized by the pathological processing and accumulation of tau protein. AD is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by two lesions: neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and neuritic plaques. The presence of NFTs in the hippocampus and neocortex in early and advanced stages, respectively, correlates with the patient's cognitive deterioration. So far, no drugs can prevent, decrease, or limit neuronal death due to abnormal pathological tau accumulation. Among potential non-pharmacological treatments, physical exercise has been shown to stimulate the development of stem cells (SCs) and may be useful in early stages. However, this does not prevent neuronal death from the massive accumulation of NFTs. In recent years, SCs therapies have emerged as a promising tool to repopulate areas involved in cognition in neurodegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, protocols for SCs therapy are still being developed and the mechanism of action of such therapy remains unclear. In this review, we show the advances and limitations of SCs therapy. Finally, we provide a critical analysis of its clinical use for AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloidGovernment RegulationHippocampusHumansNeocortexNeurofibrillary TanglesPlaque, AmyloidStem Cellstau ProteinsAmyloidtau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-βneural stem cellsneurodegenerationstem cellstau proteintherapy

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PMID34633316
PMCPMC8673502

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