《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2011, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1): 51-53.

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Embryonic Stem Cell Transplantation for Spinal Cord Injury (review)

XU Le-qin, DING Dao-fang, LI Xiao-feng, et al.   

  1. Institute of Spine, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Received:2010-07-27 Revised:2010-11-26 Published:2011-01-25 Online:2011-01-25

Abstract: Transplantation of embryonic stem cells could promote nerve repair by providing nutrients to the injured spinal cord, or differentiating into remyelinating oligodendrocytes or neurons integrating with the host neurons, which has a bright future in the treatment of spinal cord injury.

Key words: embryonic stem cell, spinal cord injury, transplantation, regeneration, repair, review