Investigating a combination therapy of robot-driven rehabilitation techniques with viral delivery of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in treating adult spinal cord injury

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kim Lee
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Adult Spinal Cord

scholarly journals Human Brain–Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene-Modified Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined With Erythropoietin Can Improve Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Dose-Response ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 155932582091093
Author(s):  
YongLei Li ◽  
Hongchen Wang ◽  
Xiaofang Ding ◽  
Jiancheng Shen ◽  
Haitao Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor ◽  
Bdnf Gene ◽  
Factor Gene ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Objective: To assess the effect as well as mechanism of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) modified by the human brain–derived neurotrophic factor gene combined with erythropoietin (EPO) in the treatment of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. Methods: The Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene was transected by a virus vector. Rats with SCI were randomly split into following groups: The normal saline (NS) group, the EPO group, The Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan scores, messenger RNA BDNF expression, and apoptosis rates were compared between the 4 groups at 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days after SCI. Results: At 7, 14, and 21 days after operation, the expression of the BDNF gene in the other 3 groups was higher than that of the NS group, and the difference was statistically significant ( P < .05). The apoptosis rate in the combined group was less than that of NS, EPO, and BDNF/BMSC groups, and the differences were statistically significant ( P < .05). Conclusion: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene-modified BMSC transplantation combined with EPO can promote the repair of nerve function after SCI in rats.

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