Transplantation of Glial Cells to Repair Injuries and Diseases of the Nervous System
A special issue of Neuroglia (ISSN 2571-6980).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 5226
Special Issue Editors
Interests: olfactory ensheathing cells; schwann cells; spinal cord injury; peripheral nerve injury; cell transplantation; 3D bioprinting; neurodegenerative disease; growth factor
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Dear Colleagues,
The transplantation of glial cells to repair injuries and diseases of the nervous system is a growing field, and many promising outcomes have been demonstrated in various injury models. For example, various types of glial cells have been tested in pre-clinical and clinical trials to repair spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury including optic nerve and brachial plexus injuries, and brain injury, and to treat demyelinating diseases and neurodegeneration.
Regardless of the injury model or cell transplantation type, some of the difficulties in optimising glial cell transplantation include the purification of glial cells, the timing of transplantation, the cell preparation and supporting scaffolds, the surgical approach of transplantation, the survival of the transplanted cells, and the various assessments of regeneration.
This Special Issue seeks original research articles and reviews that address the latest approaches used for glial cell transplantation. Topics can include, but are not limited to, glial cell transplantation that involves new cell-preparation technologies; methods to improve cell survival after transplantation; timing and method of transplantation; and motor, sensory and autonomic tests to determine functional outcomes. By gathering these submissions into one Special Issue, we aim to promote new ideas that can be adopted by others to improve outcomes for a range of neural therapies.
Prof. Dr. James St John
Dr. Mo Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- schwann cell
- oligodendrocyte
- olfactory ensheathing cell
- astrocyte
- spinal cord injury
- nerve injury
- bioengineering, scaffold
- nerve conduit
- tissue engineering
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