Cell therapy: a new hope for treatment of cerebral palsy ?
Journal Title: Progress in Health Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent neurological disorder associated with perinatal injury of the developing brain. The beneficial impact of stem cells (neural stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and embryonic stem cells) is mediated through soluble trophic factors and other cytokines that enable the body to re-establish homeostasis after pathologic and traumatic insults, inflammation, and tissue infarction or degeneration. There is currently no effective therapy for CP. Recently there have been notable advances in the application of cell therapy in neurological disorders. This review provides recent data on the prevention and cell therapy in CP.
Authors and Affiliations
W Kułak, B Okurowska-Zawada, D Sienkiewicz, G Paszko-Patej
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