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- Title
Prospects of cell therapy for disorders of myelin.
- Authors
Ben-Hur, Tamir; Goldman, Steven A
- Abstract
Recent advances in stem cell biology have raised expectations that both diseases of, and injuries to, the central nervous system may be ameliorated by cell transplantation. In particular, cell therapy has been studied for inducing efficient remyelination in disorders of myelin, including both the largely pediatric disorders of myelin formation and maintenance and the acquired demyelinations of both children and adults. Potential cell-based treatments of two major groups of disorders include both delivery of myelinogenic replacements and mobilization of residual oligodendrocyte progenitor cells as a means of stimulating endogenous repair; the choice of modality is then predicated upon the disease target. In this review we consider the potential application of cell-based therapeutic strategies to disorders of myelin, highlighting the promises as well as the problems and potential perils of this treatment approach.
- Publication
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008, Vol 1142, p218
- ISSN
1749-6632
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1196/annals.1444.014