Brain regeneration in physiology and pathology: the immune signature driving therapeutic plasticity of neural stem cells

G Martino, S Pluchino, L Bonfanti… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Regenerative processes occurring under physiological (maintenance) and pathological
(reparative) conditions are a fundamental part of life and vary greatly among different …

Cross-talk between neural stem cells and immune cells: the key to better brain repair?

Z Kokaia, G Martino, M Schwartz, O Lindvall - Nature neuroscience, 2012 - nature.com
Systemic or intracerebral delivery of neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs) and
activation of endogenous NSPCs hold much promise as potential treatments for diseases in …

Immunopharmacological intervention for successful neural stem cell therapy: New perspectives in CNS neurogenesis and repair

D Dooley, P Vidal, S Hendrix - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
The pharmacological support and stimulation of endogenous and transplanted neural stem
cells (NSCs) is a major challenge in brain repair. Trauma to the central nervous system …

Neuro-immune interactions of neural stem cell transplants: from animal disease models to human trials

E Giusto, M Donegà, C Cossetti, S Pluchino - Experimental Neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Stem cell technology is a promising branch of regenerative medicine that is aimed at
developing new approaches for the treatment of severely debilitating human diseases …

Neural precursor cells in the ischemic brain–integration, cellular crosstalk, and consequences for stroke recovery

DM Hermann, L Peruzzotti-Jametti… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
After an ischemic stroke, neural precursor cells (NPCs) proliferate within major germinal
niches of the brain. Endogenous NPCs subsequently migrate toward the ischemic lesion …

Neural stem cells and their use as therapeutic tool in neurological disorders

S Pluchino, L Zanotti, M Deleidi, G Martino - Brain Research Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Spontaneous neural tissue repair occurs in patients affected by inflammatory and
degenerative disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). However, this process is not …

New perspectives of tissue remodelling with neural stem and progenitor cell-based therapies

C Cossetti, C Alfaro-Cervello, M Donegà… - Cell and tissue …, 2012 - Springer
Compelling evidence exists that neural stem cell-based therapies protect the central
nervous system (CNS) from chronic inflammatory degeneration, such as that occurring in …

Neural stem cell plasticity: advantages in therapy for the injured central nervous system

L Ottoboni, A Merlini, G Martino - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The physiological and pathological properties of the neural germinal stem cell niche have
been well-studied in the past 30 years, mainly in animals and within given limits in humans …

[HTML][HTML] The neural stem cell secretome and its role in brain repair

CM Willis, AM Nicaise, L Peruzzotti-Jametti, S Pluchino - Brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Compelling evidence from experimental animal disease models and early-phase clinical
trials identifies the transplantation of neural progenitor/stem cells (NSCs) as a viable path …

The remedy may lie in ourselves: prospects for immune cell therapy in central nervous system protection and repair

M Schwartz, I Cohen, O Lazarov-Spiegler… - Journal of molecular …, 1999 - Springer
The irreversible loss of function after axonal injury in the central nervous system (CNS) is a
result of the lack of neurogenesis, poor regeneration, and the spread of damage caused by …