Immune dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: mechanisms and emerging therapies

DR Beers, SH Appel - The Lancet Neurology, 2019 - thelancet.com
Neuroinflammation is a common pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases,
including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and is characterised by activated CNS …

Interplay between immunity and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Clinical impact

F De Marchi, I Munitic, A Amedei, JD Berry… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating and rapidly fatal neurodegenerative
disease. Despite decades of research and many new insights into disease biology over the …

Mesenchymal stromal cell secretion of programmed death-1 ligands regulates T cell mediated immunosuppression

LC Davies, N Heldring, N Kadri, K Le Blanc - Stem cells, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) exert broad immunosuppressive potential, modulating
the activity of cells of innate and adaptive immune systems. As MSCs become accepted as a …

Phase I trial of repeated intrathecal autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

KW Oh, C Moon, HY Kim, S Oh, J Park… - Stem cells …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Stem cell therapy is an emerging alternative therapeutic or disease-modifying strategy for
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim of this open-label phase I clinical trial was to …

Peripheral proinflammatory Th1/Th17 immune cell shift is linked to disease severity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Jin, R Günther, K Akgün, A Hermann, T Ziemssen - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Neuroinflammation is involved in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
but only limited data are available on systematic peripheral and central immune cell profiles …

TLR3 or TLR4 activation enhances mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated Treg induction via notch signaling

I Rashedi, A Gómez-Aristizábal, XH Wang… - Stem Cells, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are the subject of numerous clinical trials, largely due to
their immunomodulatory and tissue regenerative properties. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) …

Repeated intrathecal mesenchymal stem cells for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

KW Oh, MY Noh, MS Kwon, HY Kim, S Oh… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the safety and efficacy of 2 repeated intrathecal injections of autologous
bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM‐MSCs) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Mesenchymal stem cells modulate the functional properties of microglia via TGF-β secretion

MY Noh, SM Lim, KW Oh, KA Cho, J Park… - Stem cells …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The regulation of microglial cell phenotype is a potential therapeutic intervention in
neurodegenerative disease. Previously, we reported that transforming growth factor-β (TGF …

Placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells possess better immunoregulatory properties compared to their cord-derived counterparts–a paired sample study

MD Talwadekar, VP Kale, LS Limaye - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show immunoregulatory properties. Here, we compared
MSCs obtained from placenta (P-MSCs) and umbilical cord (C-MSCs) from the same donor …

Non‐neuronal cells in ALS: Role of glial, immune cells and blood‐CNS barriers

F Puentes, A Malaspina, JM Van Noort… - Brain …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neurological dysfunction and motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) is strongly associated with neuroinflammation reflected by activated microglia and …