Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MC Kiernan, S Vucic, K Talbot, CJ McDermott… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) today face the same
historically intransigent problem that has existed since the initial description of the disease in …

Transplanting neural progenitor cells to restore connectivity after spinal cord injury

I Fischer, JN Dulin, MA Lane - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury remains a scientific and therapeutic challenge with great cost to
individuals and society. The goal of research in this field is to find a means of restoring lost …

Transplantation of human neural progenitor cells secreting GDNF into the spinal cord of patients with ALS: a phase 1/2a trial

RH Baloh, JP Johnson, P Avalos, P Allred… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) involves progressive motor neuron loss, leading to
paralysis and death typically within 3–5 years of diagnosis. Dysfunctional astrocytes may …

[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 clinical trial landscape in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—Past, present, and future

HJ Wobst, KL Mack, DG Brown… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease marked by
progressive loss of muscle function. It is the most common adult‐onset form of motor neuron …

Human neural stem cell transplantation improves cognition in a murine model of Alzheimer's disease

LM McGinley, ON Kashlan, ES Bruno, KS Chen… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Stem cell transplantation offers a potentially transformative approach to treating
neurodegenerative disorders. The safety of cellular therapies is established in multiple …

The unfolded protein response in amyotrophic later sclerosis: results of a phase 2 trial

E Dalla Bella, E Bersano, G Antonini, G Borghero… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Strong evidence suggests that endoplasmic reticulum stress plays a critical role in the
pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through altered regulation of …

Results from phase I clinical trial with intraspinal injection of neural stem cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a long-term outcome

L Mazzini, M Gelati, DC Profico, G Sorarù… - Stem cells …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The main objective of this phase I trial was to assess the feasibility and safety of
microtransplanting human neural stem cell (hNSC) lines into the spinal cord of patients with …

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 …

All roads lead to Rome: different molecular players converge to common toxic pathways in neurodegeneration

S Argueti-Ostrovsky, L Alfahel, J Kahn, A Israelson - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's
disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Huntington's disease (HD) are being …