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ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2023

Intensive neurorehabilitation and allogeneic stem cells transplantation in canine degenerative myelopathy.

Débora Gouveia, Jéssica Correia, Ana Cardoso, Carla Carvalho, Ana Catarina Oliveira, António Almeida, Óscar Gamboa, Lénio Ribeiro, Mariana Branquinho, Ana Sousa and 9 more

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Article in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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19 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Débora GouveiaArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
Jéssica CorreiaArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
Ana CardosoArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
Carla CarvalhoArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
Ana Catarina OliveiraArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
António AlmeidaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
Óscar GamboaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
Lénio RibeiroFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University, Lisboa, Portugal.
Mariana BranquinhoDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ana SousaDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Bruna LopesDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Patrícia SousaDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Alícia MoreiraDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
André CoelhoDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Alexandra RêmaDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Rui AlvitesDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
António FerreiraFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Colette MaurícioDepartamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salaza, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ângela MartinsArrábida Veterinary Hospital, Arrábida Animal Rehabilitation Center, Setubal, Portugal.
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversidade Lusófona · PTUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a neurodegenerative spinal cord disease with upper motor neurons, with progressive and chronic clinical signs, similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). DM has a complex etiology mainly associated with SOD1 gene mutation and its toxic role, with no specific treatment. Daily intensive rehabilitation showed survival time near 8 months but most animals are euthanized 6-12 months after clinical signs onset. Methods: This prospective controlled blinded cohort clinical study aims to evaluate the neural regeneration response ability of DM dogs subjected to an intensive neurorehabilitation protocol with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation. In total, 13 non-ambulatory (OFS 6 or 8) dogs with homozygous genotype DM/DM and diagnosed by exclusion were included. All were allocated to the intensive neurorehabilitation with MSCs protocol (INSCP) group ( Results: Survival mean time of total population was 375 days, with 438 days for the INSCP group and 274 for the ARP group, with a marked difference on the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. When comparing the literature's results, there was also a clear difference in the one-sample Discussion: This INSCP showed to be safe, feasible, and a possibility for a long progression of DM dogs with quality of life and functional improvement. This study should be continued.

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degenerative myelopathydogselectrical stimulationintensive neurorehabilitationlocomotor trainingmesenchymal stem cells

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