Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation: Transplantation of Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells as a therapeutic strategy in spinal cord injury
Textbook of Neural Repair and Rehabilitation: Transplantation of Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells as a therapeutic strategy in spinal cord injury
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神经修复与康复教科书:雪旺细胞和嗅鞘细胞移植作为脊髓损伤的治疗策略
DOI:
10.1017/cbo9780511995583.036
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发表时间:
2014
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通讯作者:
M. Bunge
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作者:
J. Kocsis;M. Bunge
The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the efficacy of Schwann cell (SC) and olfactory ensheathing cell (OEC) transplantation to repair the injured spinal cord. Both cell types have been shown to be effective in spinal cord injury (SCI) and demyelination models; both cell types offer advantages and disadvantages. SCs can be derived from autologous sural nerve and placed into culture to generate large numbers for transplantation. OECs normally occupy an area of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) that undergoes continuous nerve fiber growth from the peripheral nervous system (PNS) to the CNS throughout adult life, and this property has stimulated research to use these cells to foster axonal regeneration in the spinal cord. Both SCs and OECs effectively myelinate regenerated fibers or remyelinate demyelinated axons in vivo. However, SCs do not invade astrocytic regions readily, in contrast to OECs, which do under some circumstances. OECs are less accessible and tissue culture protocols have not, as yet, provided large numbers of OECs as can be obtained with SCs. However, they have been demonstrated to be reparative, including improving functional outcome, in certain lesion paradigms, and ongoing work to harvest OECs from nasal mucosa biopsy is important. Peripheral myelin-forming cells (SCs and OECs) can produce a number of trophic factors that could contribute to neuroprotection and, potentially, neovascularization. The potential mechanisms of the beneficial effect of SC and OEC transplantation in SCI will be addressed in this chapter.