Progress in Stem Cell Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the serious neurological diseases that occur in young people with high morbidity and disability. However, there is still a lack of effective treatments for it. Stem cell (SC) treatment of SCI has gradually become a new research hotspot over the past decades. This article is aimed at reviewing the research progress of SC therapy for SCI.

Methods

Review the literature and summarize the effects, strategies, related mechanisms, safety, and clinical application of different SC types and new approaches in combination with SC in SCI treatment.

Results

A large number of studies have focused on SC therapy for SCI, most of which showed good effects. The common SC types for SCI treatment include mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), hematop

SUBMITTER: Gao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661146 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature