2018
Accelerating Cell Therapy for Stroke in Japan
Houkin K, Shichinohe H, Abe K, Arato T, Dezawa M, Honmou O, Horie N, Katayama Y, Kudo K, Kuroda S, Matsuyama T, Miyai I, Nagata I, Niizuma K, Sakushima K, Sasaki M, Sato N, Sawanobori K, Suda S, Taguchi A, Tominaga T, Yamamoto H, Yamashita T, Yoshimine T. Accelerating Cell Therapy for Stroke in Japan. Stroke 2018, 49: e145-e152. PMID: 29581346, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.019216.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2009
A Rat Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model and Intravenous Cellular Delivery
Sasaki M, Honmou O, Kocsis JD. A Rat Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model and Intravenous Cellular Delivery. Methods In Molecular Biology 2009, 549: 187-195. PMID: 19378204, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-931-4_13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle cerebral artery occlusion modelArtery occlusion modelCerebral ischemiaIntraluminal sutureOcclusion modelRat middle cerebral artery occlusion modelInternal carotid arteryInterventional therapeutic approachesMagnetic resonance imagingUseful experimental modelNormal pathophysiologyInfarction volumeStroke therapyPermanent occlusionCarotid arteryReversible occlusionTherapeutic approachesIntravenous deliveryResonance imagingSuture insertionExperimental modelIschemiaAnimal weightPathophysiologySuture
2004
Autologous transplantation of expanded neural precursor cells into the demyelinated monkey spinal cord
Oka S, Honmou O, Akiyama Y, Sasaki M, Houkin K, Hashi K, Kocsis JD. Autologous transplantation of expanded neural precursor cells into the demyelinated monkey spinal cord. Brain Research 2004, 1030: 94-102. PMID: 15567341, DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.09.062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural precursor cellsAutologous transplantationSpinal cordPrecursor cellsSubventricular zoneAdult primate brainMonkey spinal cordCentral nervous system axonsPresence of mitogensAdult nonhuman primatesNon-human primatesNeurological deficitsDemyelinated lesionsDorsal columnsIntraspinal injectionElectron microscopic examinationControl lesionsLesion sitePrimate brainPeripheral patternMyelinated axonsTransplantationLesionsNonhuman primatesCord