Toward full restoration of synaptic and terminal function of the dopaminergic system in Parkinson's disease by stem cells

O Isacson, LM Bjorklund… - Annals of Neurology …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
New therapeutic nonpharmacological methodology in Parkinson's disease (PD) involves
cell and synaptic renewal or replacement to restore function of neuronal systems, including …

Mesenchymal stem cells augment neurogenesis in the subventricular zone and enhance differentiation of neural precursor cells into dopaminergic neurons in the …

HJ Park, JY Shin, BR Lee, HO Kim… - Cell …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Growing evidence has demonstrated that neurogenesis in the subventricular zone (SVZ) is
significantly decreased in Parkinson's disease (PD). Modulation of endogenous …

Improved cell therapy protocols for Parkinson's disease based on differentiation efficiency and safety of hESC-, hiPSC-, and non-human primate iPSC-derived …

M Sundberg, H Bogetofte, T Lawson, J Jansson… - Stem …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The main motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease are due to the loss of dopaminergic (DA)
neurons in the ventral midbrain (VM). For the future treatment of Parkinson's disease with …

[HTML][HTML] Advantages of nonhuman primates as preclinical models for evaluating stem cell-based therapies for Parkinson's disease

DA Grow, JR McCarrey, CS Navara - Stem cell research, 2016 - Elsevier
The derivation of dopaminergic neurons from induced pluripotent stem cells brings new
hope for a patient-specific, stem cell-based replacement therapy to treat Parkinson's disease …

Direct reprogramming of human fibroblasts into dopaminergic neuron-like cells

X Liu, F Li, EA Stubblefield, B Blanchard, TL Richards… - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
Transplantation of exogenous dopaminergic neuron (DA neurons) is a promising approach
for treating Parkinson's disease (PD). However, a major stumbling block has been the lack of …

Cografting astrocytes improves cell therapeutic outcomes in a Parkinson's disease model

JJ Song, SM Oh, OC Kwon, N Wulansari… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Transplantation of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) is a potential therapy for treating
neurodegenerative disorders, but this approach has faced many challenges and limited …

Behavioral improvement in a primate Parkinson's model is associated with multiple homeostatic effects of human neural stem cells

DE Redmond Jr, KB Bjugstad… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Stem cells have been widely assumed to be capable of replacing lost or damaged cells in a
number of diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), in which neurons of the substantia …

Cell therapy in Parkinson's disease

O Lindvall, A Björklund - NeuroRx, 2004 - Springer
The clinical studies with intrastriatal transplants of fetal mesencephalic tissue in Parkinson's
disease (PD) patients have provided proof-of-principle for the cell replacement strategy in …

Neural stem cells spontaneously express dopaminergic traits after transplantation into the intact or 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rat

M Yang, ND Stull, MA Berk, EY Snyder, L Iacovitti - Experimental neurology, 2002 - Elsevier
The ability to differentiate neural stem cells (NSCs) into dopamine neurons is fundamental to
their role in cell replacement therapies for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's …

[PDF][PDF] Human pluripotent stem-cell-derived cortical neurons integrate functionally into the lesioned adult murine visual cortex in an area-specific way

I Espuny-Camacho, KA Michelsen, D Linaro, A Bilheu… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The transplantation of pluripotent stem-cell-derived neurons constitutes a promising avenue
for the treatment of several brain diseases. However, their potential for the repair of the …