| Literature DB >> 23820160 |
Wook-Hun Chung1, Seon-Ah Park, Jae-Hoon Lee, Dai-Jung Chung, Wo-Jong Yang, Eun-Hee Kang, Chi-Bong Choi, Hwa-Seok Chang, Dae-Hyun Kim, Soo-Han Hwang, Hoon Han, Hwi-Yool Kim.
Abstract
The use of human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells for cell transplantation therapy holds great promise for repairing spinal cord injury. Here we report the first clinical trial transplantation of human umbilical cord (hUCB)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the spinal cord of a dog suspected to have fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy (FCEM) and that experienced a loss of deep pain sensation. Locomotor functions improved following transplantation in a dog. Based on our findings, we suggest that transplantation of hUCB-derived MSCs will have beneficial therapeutic effects on FCEM patients lacking deep pain sensation.Entities:
Keywords: dog; fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy; human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells; percutaneous transplantation; xenotransplantaion
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23820160 PMCID: PMC3885746 DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2013.14.4.495
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vet Sci ISSN: 1229-845X Impact factor: 1.672