Parkinson's Disease and Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Potential for Cell-Based Therapy

Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Cells: How Do They Contribute to Tissue Repair and Are They Really Stem Cells?

(2011) Yasumasa Kuroda et al.   ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS

Neuronal plasticity of human Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stromal cells to the dopaminergic cell type compared with human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells

(2011) Indrani Datta et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Intrastriatal transplantation of microcarrier-bound human retinal pigment epithelial cells versus sham surgery in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

(2011) Robert E Gross et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease

(2011) Sonja Kriks et al.   NATURE

Transplantation of Neuronal-Primed Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Hemiparkinsonian Rodents

(2011) Melissa L. M. Khoo et al.   PLoS One

Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Rotenone-Induced Hemiparkinsonian Rats

(2010) Nian Xiong et al.   BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Potential of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells as vehicles for delivery of neurotrophins to the Parkinsonian rat brain

(2010) Teresa C. Moloney et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

VEGF-expressing human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, an improved therapy strategy for Parkinson’s disease

(2010) N Xiong et al.   GENE THERAPY

Attenuation of early airway obstruction by mesenchymal stem cells in a murine model of heterotopic tracheal transplantation

(2010) Daniel A. Grove et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Human Umbilical Vein-Derived Dopaminergic-Like Cell Transplantation with Nerve Growth Factor Ameliorates Motor Dysfunction in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

(2010) Ming Li et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Neural differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells follows developmental principles but with variable potency

(2010) B.-Y. Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unique multipotent cells in adult human mesenchymal cell populations

(2010) Y. Kuroda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Concise Review: Hitting the Right Spot with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

(2010) Jakub Tolar et al.   STEM CELLS

Clinical grade mesenchymal stem cells transdifferentiated under xenofree conditions alleviates motor deficiencies in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

(2009) Prathibha Shetty et al.   CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Committed Neural Progenitor Cells Derived from Genetically Modified Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Ameliorate Deficits in a Rat Model of Stroke

(2009) Makoto Hayase et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Pulmonary thrombosis in the mouse following intravenous administration of quantum dot-labeled mesenchymal cells

(2009) Yuval Ramot et al.   Nanotoxicology

Intrastriatal Transplantation of GDNF-engineered BMSCs and its neuroprotection in Lactacystin-induced Parkinsonian Rat Model

(2009) Jianjun Wu et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Protective Effects of Neurotrophic Factor–Secreting Cells in a 6-OHDA Rat Model of Parkinson Disease

(2009) Ofer Sadan et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Notch-Induced Rat and Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Grafts Reduce Ischemic Cell Loss and Ameliorate Behavioral Deficits in Chronic Stroke Animals

(2009) Takao Yasuhara et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Practical Induction System for Dopamine-Producing Cells from Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Using Spermine-Pullulan-Mediated Reverse Transfection Method

(2009) Kentaro Nagane et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A

Open-labeled study of unilateral autologous bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in Parkinson's disease

(2009) Neelam K. Venkataramana et al.   Translational Research

The origins of the identification and isolation of hematopoietic stem cells, and their capability to induce donor-specific transplantation tolerance and treat autoimmune diseases

(2008) I. L. Weissman et al.   BLOOD

Regenerative effect of neural-induced human mesenchymal stromal cells in rat models of Parkinson's disease

(2008) Y.S. Levy et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Partial recovery of dopaminergic pathway after graft of adult mesenchymal stem cells in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

(2008) Gaëlle Bouchez et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease

(2008) M. Wernig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emerging restorative treatments for Parkinson's disease

(2008) Tomas Deierborg et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Lentiviral Delivery of LMX1a Enhances Dopaminergic Phenotype in Differentiated Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2008) Ran Barzilay et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Autologous transplants of Adipose-Derived Adult Stromal (ADAS) cells afford dopaminergic neuroprotection in a model of Parkinson's disease

(2007) Melissa K. McCoy et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY