ArticlePediatric research2023
Therapeutic efficacy of intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells in rat perinatal brain injury.
Article in Pediatric research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07018739 (Efficacy of Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Therapeutic Hypothermia in Infants With Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Efficacy of Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Therapeutic Hypothermia in Infants With Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Review
- Mitochondrial dysfunction in neonatal brain injury: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic interventions.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Review
- Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Modulating Oxidative Stress in Puromycin-Induced Nephropathy.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025Article
- Human Umbilical Cord-Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Microglia.Cells · 2024Article
- Stem Cell Therapy in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Cerebral Palsy: a Bibliometric Analysis and New Strategy.Molecular neurobiology · 2024Review
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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPerinatal brain injury is multifactorial and primarily associated with brain prematurity, inflammation, and hypoxia-ischemia. Although recent advances in perinatal medicine have improved the survival rates of preterm infants, neurodevelopmental disorders remain a significant complication. We tested whether the intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) had therapeutic efficacy against perinatal brain injury in rats.
methodsPregnant rats at embryonic day (E) 18 received lipopolysaccharide and the pups were born at E21. On postnatal day (PND) 7, the left common carotid artery of each pup was ligated, and they were exposed to 8% oxygen for 2 h. They were randomized on PND10, and MSCs or vehicle were intravenously infused. We performed behavioral assessments, measured brain volume using MRI, and performed histological analyses on PND49.
resultsInfused MSCs showed functional improvements in our model. In vivo MRI revealed that MSC infusion increased non-ischemic brain volume compared to the vehicle group. Histological analyses showed that cortical thickness, the number of NeuN
conclusionsInfused MSCs improve sensorimotor and cognitive functions in perinatal brain injury and enhance neuronal growth. IMPACT: Intravenous infusion of MSCs improved neurological function in rats with perinatal brain injury, including motor, sensorimotor, cognitive, spatial, and learning memory. Infused MSCs increased residual (non-ischemic) tissue volume, number of neuronal cells, GABAergic cells, and cortical synapses in the contralesional (right) hemisphere. Intravenous administration of MSC might be suitable for the treatment of perinatal brain injury.
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