2021
Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells delays disease progression in the SOD1G93A transgenic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis rat model
Magota H, Sasaki M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Oka S, Ukai R, Kiyose R, Onodera R, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells delays disease progression in the SOD1G93A transgenic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis rat model. Brain Research 2021, 1757: 147296. PMID: 33516815, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-spinal cord barrierQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionIntravenous infusionDisease progressionMotor neuronsMSC groupLocomotor functionOpen-field locomotor functionPreservation of microvasculatureHind limb functionCommon clinical featuresEvans blue leakageMotor neuron lossReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionDevastating neurodegenerative diseaseBBB scoringBSCB functionRotarod testingClinical featuresNeuron lossLimb functionNeurotrophic factorCurative strategiesSpinal cord
2018
Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Quantification of SERPINA1 Predicts Prognosis in High-Grade Glioma
Ookawa S, Wanibuchi M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Sasaki M, Oka S, Ohtaki S, Noshiro S, Komatsu K, Akiyama Y, Mikami T, Mikuni N, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Quantification of SERPINA1 Predicts Prognosis in High-Grade Glioma. World Neurosurgery 2018, 111: e783-e789. PMID: 29309973, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasExpression of SERPINA1Polymerase chain reactionDigital polymerase chain reactionExpression groupMedian overall survivalAnti-inflammatory roleHigh expression groupMessenger RNA expressionCell linesGlioblastoma multiforme cell linesHuman glioblastoma cell linesParaffin-embedded tissuesPredict PrognosisOverall survivalPoor prognosisGrade IIIPolymerase chain reaction quantificationSERPINA1 expressionSurgical samplesGrade IVImmunohistochemical analysisGlioblastoma cell linesGlioma tissuesPrognosis