Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35257489›Full record

ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2022

Human induced pluripotent stem cells integrate, create synapses and extend long axons after spinal cord injury.

Nicolas Stoflet Lavoie, Vincent Truong, Dane Malone, Thomas Pengo, Nandadevi Patil, James R Dutton, Ann M Parr

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Transcriptomics Insights into Spinal Cord Injury for Therapy Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Nicolas Stoflet LavoieStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Vincent TruongStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Dane MaloneStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Thomas PengoUniversity of Minnesota Imaging Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Nandadevi PatilStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
James R DuttonStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Ann M ParrStem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7228-2647
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Anonymous DonorMinnesota Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Grant ProgramThe Spinal Cord Society
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous interventions have been explored in animal models using cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in the context of neural injury with some success. Our work seeks to transplant cells that are generated from hiPSCs into regionally specific spinal neural progenitor cells (sNPCs) utilizing a novel accelerated differentiation protocol designed for clinical translation. We chose a xenotransplantation model because our laboratory is focused on the behaviour of human cells in order to bring this potential therapy to translation. Cells were transplanted into adult immunodeficient rats after moderate contusion spinal cord injury (SCI). Twelve weeks later, cells derived from the transplanted sNPCs survived and differentiated into neurons and glia that filled the lesion cavity and produced a thoracic spinal cord transcriptional program in vivo. Furthermore, neurogenesis and ionic channel expression were promoted within the adjacent host spinal cord tissue. Transplanted cells displayed robust integration properties including synapse formation and myelination by host oligodendrocytes. Axons from transplanted hiPSC sNPC-derived cells extended both rostrally and caudally from the SCI transplant site, rostrally approximately 6 cm into supraspinal structures. Thus, iPSC-derived sNPCs may provide a patient-specific cell source for patients with SCI that could provide a relay system across the site of injury.

Indexed as

Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsSpinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsAxonsCell DifferentiationHumansRatsRecovery of FunctionSpinal CordSynapsesdifferentiationinduced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)neuronoligodendrocytesspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID35257489
PMCPMC8980929
OpenAlexW4220763084

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.