Remyelination of the demyelinated CNS: the case for and against transplantation of central, peripheral and olfactory glia

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• 作者：Franklin ; Robin J.M.
• 关键词：Demyelination ; Remyelination ; Transplantation ; Oligodendrocyte ; Oligodendrocyte progenitor ; Schwann cell ; Olfactory ensheathing cell ; Multiple sclerosis
• 刊名：Brain Research Bulletin
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：April, 2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：57
• 期：6
• 页码：827-832
• 全文大小：67.9 K

文摘

Although originally developed as a research tool for studying glial-glial and glial-axonal interactions, the technique of transplanting glial cell into the central nervous system has more recently been employed as a potential means for repairing persistent demyelination in clinical disease. It has now been clearly established using various experimental models that oligodendrocyte lineage cells, Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells can all produce new myelin sheaths around demyelinated or amyelinated axons following transplantation. However, this property alone does not necessarily mean that transplantation of these cells into demyelinated lesions in clinical disease will be successful. This article considers some of the properties that would be required of a transplanted myelinogenic cell and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of the currently available cell types.