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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2023

iPSC-derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting inflammatory signaling and oxidative stress.

Masafumi Arakawa, Yuki Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Chikako Nito, Shiro Takahashi, Yuko Nitahara-Kasahara, Satoshi Suda, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Mashito Sakai, Kazumi Kimura and 1 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Human iPSC-Derived MSCs Induce Neurotrophic Effects and Improve Metabolic Activity in Acute Neuronal Injury Models.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masafumi ArakawaDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki SakamotoDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshitaka MiyagawaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Chikako NitoDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Shiro TakahashiDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuko Nitahara-KasaharaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi SudaDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiyuki YamazakiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Mashito SakaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazumi KimuraDepartment of Neurological Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi OkadaDivision of Molecular and Medical Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Nippon Medical School · JPTokyo Medical University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells (iMSCs) hold great promise as a cell source for transplantation into injured tissues to alleviate inflammation. However, the therapeutic efficacy of iMSC transplantation for ischemic stroke remains unknown. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of iMSC transplantation on brain injury after ischemia-reperfusion using a rat transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model and compared its therapeutic efficacy with that of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs). We showed that iMSCs and BMMSCs reduced infarct volumes after reperfusion and significantly improved motor function on days 3, 7, 14, 28, and 56 and cognitive function on days 28 and 56 after reperfusion compared with the vehicle group. Furthermore, immunological analyses revealed that transplantation of iMSCs and BMMSCs inhibited microglial activation and expression of proinflammatory cytokines and suppressed oxidative stress and neuronal cell death in the cerebral cortex at the ischemic border zone. No difference in therapeutic effect was observed between the iMSC and BMMSC groups. Taken together, our results demonstrate that iMSC therapy can be a practical alternative as a cell source for attenuation of brain injury and improvement of neurological function because of the unlimited supply of uniform therapeutic cells.

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BMMSCfocal cerebral ischemia model ratsiMSCintravenous administrationiPSCischemic strokemesenchymal stem cellmesenchymal stromal cellMSCstem cell therapy

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PMID37637385
PMCPMC10448333
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