2020
Prolonged lifespan in a spontaneously hypertensive rat (stroke prone) model following intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells
Nakazaki M, Oka S, Sasaki M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Nagahama H, Hashi K, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Prolonged lifespan in a spontaneously hypertensive rat (stroke prone) model following intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells. Heliyon 2020, 6: e05833. PMID: 33392407, PMCID: PMC7773587, DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHypertensive rat modelIntravenous infusionMesenchymal stem cellsRat modelGrowth factor-β1Forkhead box O1Stem cellsRenal dysfunctionMSC infusionSpontaneous hypertensionHypertensive ratsFactor-β1Survival rateTherapeutic efficacyInfusionBox O1Gene expression analysisHypertensionCellsDysfunctionMicrovascularKidneyRatsLiverExpression analysis
2018
Detection of local and remote cellular damage caused by spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury using a heat shock signaling reporter system
Hashimoto-Torii K, Sasaki M, Chang YW, Hwang H, Waxman SG, Kocsis JD, Rakic P, Torii M. Detection of local and remote cellular damage caused by spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury using a heat shock signaling reporter system. IBRO Neuroscience Reports 2018, 5: 91-98. PMID: 30480161, PMCID: PMC6240805, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2018.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral nerve injurySpinal cordNerve injuryPeripheral nerve injury resultsAltered electrophysiological propertiesNerve injury resultsSecondary damageHeat shock factor 1Neuropathic painInjury resultsInjury siteClinical abnormalitiesShock factor 1Mouse modelMemory dysfunctionElectrophysiological propertiesCordFactor 1Cellular damageFurther deteriorationInjuryReporter systemAbnormalitiesImmediate stress responseCellsFunctional recovery after the systemic administration of mesenchymal stem cells in a rat model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia.
Sakai T, Sasaki M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Oka S, Nakazaki M, Fukumura S, Kobayashi M, Tsutsumi H, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Functional recovery after the systemic administration of mesenchymal stem cells in a rat model of neonatal hypoxia-ischemia. Journal Of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 2018, 22: 513-522. PMID: 30074448, DOI: 10.3171/2018.5.peds1845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal hypoxia-ischemiaMesenchymal stem cellsHypoxia-ischemiaRat modelHypoxic-ischemic encephalopathyStem cellsCerebral palsyFunctional recoveryFunctional outcomeSystemic administrationIntravenous administrationAnimal studiesBrain volumePotential treatmentAdministrationPalsyCellsPatientsEncephalopathySynaptogenesis
2017
Co-expression of tissue factor and IL-6 in immature endothelial cells of cerebral cavernous malformations
Noshiro S, Mikami T, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Sasaki M, Ohnishi H, Ohtaki S, Wanibuchi M, Mikuni N, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Co-expression of tissue factor and IL-6 in immature endothelial cells of cerebral cavernous malformations. Journal Of Clinical Neuroscience 2017, 37: 83-90. PMID: 28087183, DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.12.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral cavernous malformationsInterleukin-6Immature endothelial cellsTissue factorMRNA expression levelsEndothelial cellsCavernous malformationsSporadic cerebral cavernous malformationDistribution of TFExpression levelsNormal endothelial cellsClinical factorsPrognostic rolePathological findingsUnderlying pathologyOperative specimensMRNA expressionAssociation of TFAbnormal clustersMalformationsProgressive eventsMessenger RNACellsExpressionAssociation
2013
Olfactory ensheathing cells, but not schwann cells, proliferate and migrate extensively within moderately X‐Irradiated juvenile rat brain
Lankford KL, Brown RJ, Sasaki M, Kocsis JD. Olfactory ensheathing cells, but not schwann cells, proliferate and migrate extensively within moderately X‐Irradiated juvenile rat brain. Glia 2013, 62: 52-63. PMID: 24166823, DOI: 10.1002/glia.22583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntigensCD11b AntigenCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedFemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMaleNeurogliaOlfactory MucosaOligodendrogliaProteoglycansRadiation Injuries, ExperimentalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySchwann CellsStem Cell TransplantationConceptsJuvenile rat brainAdult spinal cordIntact adult spinal cordSchwann cellsSpinal cordRat brainAdult rat spinal cordSpinal cord lesionsRat spinal cordCord lesionsModerate radiation doseNeuronal repairPoor survivalAdult CNSUnbiased stereologyCordOECsBrainThree weeksNumber of cellsRadiation dosePermissive environmentCell migrationCellsMicroglia
2007
Remyelination of the injured spinal cord
Sasaki M, Li B, Lankford KL, Radtke C, Kocsis JD. Remyelination of the injured spinal cord. Progress In Brain Research 2007, 161: 419-433. PMID: 17618995, PMCID: PMC2605400, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(06)61030-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryFunctional outcomeSpinal cordContusive spinal cord injuryLong white matter tractsPotential cell therapy candidatesWhite matter tractsMyelin-forming cellsCell therapy candidatesCord injuryCentral necrotic coreClinical studiesTherapy candidatesNecrotic coreTransplantation studiesExperimental modelCordOutcomesCellsDemyelinationRemyelinationInjuryNecrosisOECsAxons
2004
Identified Olfactory Ensheathing Cells Transplanted into the Transected Dorsal Funiculus Bridge the Lesion and Form Myelin
Sasaki M, Lankford KL, Zemedkun M, Kocsis JD. Identified Olfactory Ensheathing Cells Transplanted into the Transected Dorsal Funiculus Bridge the Lesion and Form Myelin. Journal Of Neuroscience 2004, 24: 8485-8493. PMID: 15456822, PMCID: PMC2605369, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1998-04.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSprague-DawleyOlfactory bulbTransection siteMyelinated axonsLesion zoneForm myelinOpen field locomotor behaviorAdult olfactory bulbTransection lesionTransplantation groupPattern of repairSD ratsSpinal cordLesion areaLesionsCellular elementsImproved locomotionAxonsLocomotor behaviorMyelinGFP cellsGreen fluorescent proteinCellsAnti-GFP antibodyDiscrete bundles