2011
Remyelination after olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation into diverse demyelinating environments
Sasaki M, Lankford KL, Radtke C, Honmou O, Kocsis JD. Remyelination after olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation into diverse demyelinating environments. Experimental Neurology 2011, 229: 88-98. PMID: 21281634, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell transplantationDemyelinated spinal cord axonsMacrophage/microglia activationMost rodent modelsEndogenous myelin repairSpinal cord axonsNervous system repairMyelin-forming cellsMicroglia activationDemyelination modelDemyelinated lesionsLesion environmentActive demyelinationMyelin repairMyelin debrisRemyelination potentialInflammatory signalingRodent modelsLesion inductionRemyelinationExperimental remyelinationTransplantationTransplant studiesOECsHuman progenitors
2001
Transplantation of an acutely isolated bone marrow fraction repairs demyelinated adult rat spinal cord axons
Sasaki M, Honmou O, Akiyama Y, Uede T, Hashi K, Kocsis J. Transplantation of an acutely isolated bone marrow fraction repairs demyelinated adult rat spinal cord axons. Glia 2001, 35: 26-34. PMID: 11424189, PMCID: PMC2605363, DOI: 10.1002/glia.1067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBeta-GalactosidaseBone Marrow TransplantationCells, CulturedEthidiumGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, TransgenicMyeloid Progenitor CellsNerve Fibers, MyelinatedNerve RegenerationNeurogliaRatsRats, WistarRecovery of FunctionSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesConceptsBone marrow cellsSpinal cordMyelin-forming cellsMarrow cellsDemyelinated rat spinal cordRat spinal cord axonsDorsal column lesionBone marrow cell fractionRat spinal cordX-irradiation treatmentSpinal cord axonsLacZ transgenic miceSchwann cell myelinationCell fractionCell transplantation techniquesDorsal funiculusPeripheral patternTransgenic miceTransplantation techniquesHematopoietic stem cellsIsolated cell fractionsCordFemoral bonePrecursor cellsTransplantation