Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease therapies in the clinic

P Chopade, N Chopade, Z Zhao… - Bioengineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most prevalent
neurodegenerative diseases, affecting millions and costing billions each year in the United …

Functional enhancement strategies for immunomodulation of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic application

BC Lee, KS Kang - Stem cell research & therapy, 2020 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been considered a promising alternative
treatment for diverse immune disorders due to their unique biomedical potentials including …

Blood–brain barrier alterations and their impact on Parkinson's disease pathogenesis and therapy

K Lau, R Kotzur, F Richter - Translational neurodegeneration, 2024 - Springer
There is increasing evidence for blood–brain barrier (BBB) alterations in Parkinson's
disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with rapidly rising …

CRISPR/Cas9 assisted stem cell therapy in Parkinson's disease

P Pinjala, KP Tryphena, R Prasad, DK Khatri… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Springer
Since its discovery in 2012, CRISPR Cas9 has been tried as a direct treatment approach to
correct the causative gene mutation and establish animal models in neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9-engineered mesenchymal stromal/stem cells and their extracellular vesicles: A new approach to overcoming cell therapy limitations

A Hazrati, K Malekpour, S Soudi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell therapy is one of the newest therapeutic approaches for treating tissue destruction
diseases and replacing damaged parts in defective tissues. Among different cells …

CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Protects from the A53T-SNCA Overexpression-Induced Pathology of Parkinson's Disease In Vivo

HH Yoon, S Ye, S Lim, A Jo, H Lee, F Hong… - The CRISPR …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Mutations in specific genes, including synuclein alpha (SNCA) that encodes the α-synuclein
protein, are known to be risk factors for sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), as well as critical …

CRISPR-Cas9-mediated gene therapy in neurological disorders

L Guan, Y Han, C Yang, S Lu, J Du, H Li, J Lin - Molecular Neurobiology, 2022 - Springer
Neurological disorders are primarily diseases with sophisticated etiology that are always
refractory and recrudescent. The major obstruction to effective therapies for neurological …

CRISPR technologies for stem cell engineering and regenerative medicine

MN Hsu, YH Chang, VA Truong, PL Lai… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
CRISPR/Cas9 system exploits the concerted action of Cas9 nuclease and programmable
single guide RNA (sgRNA), and has been widely used for genome editing. The Cas9 …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell therapy in blood–brain barrier preservation following ischemia: Molecular mechanisms and prospects

PT Do, CC Wu, YH Chiang, CJ Hu… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of mortality and long-term disability worldwide.
Disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a prominent pathophysiological mechanism …

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells—from bench to bedside

S Chetty, R Yarani, G Swaminathan… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have generated a lot of attention due to
their paracrine and immuno-modulatory properties. mesenchymal stromal cells derived from …