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Blood Flow Restriction Exercise Attenuates the Exercise-Induced Endothelial Progenitor Cell Response in Healthy, Young Men
Conclusion In summary, this is the first study to show that BFR exercise did not augment EPC response to exercise, and in fact blunted the EPC response to low load unilateral KE exercise in young, healthy males. Ethics Statement This study was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of Edinburgh Napier University Research and Ethics Governance Committee. The study was ethically approved by Edinburgh Napier University Research and Ethics Governance Committee. All participants gave written informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Author Contributions MR, RM, AP, CW, GF-J designed the s...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 16, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

Phagocytosis in the Brain: Homeostasis and Disease
Conclusions and Perspectives In this review we have summarized the critical role phagocytosis plays in both CNS homeostasis and disease. While much progress has been made in recent years, many unanswered questions remain. How phagocytosis in the CNS is influenced by numerous factors, such as microenvironment or phagocytic target, have yet to be fully resolved. Additionally, the utilization of novel technologies, including in vivo imaging techniques (217), iPSC-derived microglia (213) and high-throughput screens (66), will likely contribute to further identification of phagocytic pathways and consequences of phagocytosis w...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 15, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Connecting Metainflammation and Neuroinflammation Through the PTN-MK-RPTP β/ζ Axis: Relevance in Therapeutic Development
Conclusion The expression of the components of the PTN-MK-RPTPβ/ζ axis in immune cells and in inflammatory diseases suggests important roles for this axis in inflammation. Pleiotrophin has been recently identified as a limiting factor of metainflammation, a chronic pathological state that contributes to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Pleiotrophin also seems to potentiate acute neuroinflammation independently of the inflammatory stimulus while MK seems to play different -even opposite- roles in acute neuroinflammation depending on the stimulus. Which are the functions of MK and PTN in chronic neuroi...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 11, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Effect of Inflammation on the Process of Stroke Rehabilitation and Poststroke Depression
Conclusions Stroke comprises ischemic stroke and ICH. The immuno-inflammatory process is involved in neural plasticity following events such as a hemorrhage or ischemic stroke. After ischemia, astrocytes, microglia, and MDMs play important roles during rehabilitation with the modulation of cytokines or chemokines, such as TNF-α and IL-1. Moreover, MiRNAs are also important posttranscriptional regulators in these glial mitochondrial responses to cerebral ischemia. ICH involves processes similar and different to those seen in ischemia, including neuronal injury, astrocytic and microglial/macrophage activation, and n...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - April 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

6-Bromoindirubin-3 ′-Oxime (6BIO) Suppresses the mTOR Pathway, Promotes Autophagy, and Exerts Anti-aging Effects in Rodent Liver
In this study, we aimed to investigate the anti-aging effect, and molecular mechanism, of the novel anti-aging drug 6BIO on naturally aged mouse liver. Rapamycin, a well-known promising anti-aging drug that delays aging through mTOR-dependent autophagy (Zhou and Ye, 2018), was used as the positive control in the study. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the effects of 6BIO treatment in models of natural aging. Our results indicated that 6BIO ameliorates the decline of liver function with age, including lipid metabolism disorder, and attenuates hepatocyte senescence in aged mice, as revealed by altera...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - April 9, 2019 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Effects of Normothermic Machine Perfusion Conditions on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
In this study the effect of NMP perfusion fluid on survival, metabolism and function of thawed cryopreserved human (h)MSC and porcine (p)MSC in suspension conditions was studied. Suspension conditions reduced the viability of pMSC by 40% in both perfusion fluid and culture medium. Viability of hMSC was reduced by suspension conditions by 15% in perfusion fluid, whilst no differences were found in survival in culture medium. Under adherent conditions, survival of the cells was not affected by perfusion fluid. The perfusion fluid did not affect survival of fresh MSC in suspension compared to the control culture medium. The f...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 9, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

Cell-Based Therapies for Stroke: Promising Solution or Dead End? Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Comorbidities in Preclinical Stroke Research
Conclusion The high prevalence of comorbidities in patients with stroke indicates the need for therapies in preclinical studies that take into account these comorbidities in order to avoid failures in translation to the patient. Preclinical studies are beginning to evaluate the efficacy of MSC treatment in stroke associated with comorbidities, especially hypertension, for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Regarding aging and diabetes, only ischemic stroke studies have been performed. For the moment, few studies have been performed and contradictory results are being reported. These contradictory results may be due to the u...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells for Ex-Vivo Gene Therapy
This study was supported by the grant of Russian Science Foundation No 16-15-00010. Kazan Federal University was supported by the Russian Government Program of Competitive Growth.DisclosuresNo relevant conflicts of interest to declare.
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Bashirov, F. V., Salafutdinov, I. I., Sokolov, M. E., Izmailov, A. A., Markosyan, V. A., Fadeev, F. O., Rizvanov, A., Islamov, R. I. Tags: 801. Gene Therapy and Transfer Source Type: research

Individual and Joint Effects of Early-Life Ambient PM2.5 Exposure and Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity on Childhood Overweight or Obesity
Conclusions: In the present study, we observed that early life exposure to PM2.5 may play an important role in the early life origins of COWO and may increase the risk of COWO in children of mothers who were overweight or obese before pregnancy beyond the risk that can be attributed to MPBMI alone. Our findings emphasize the clinical and public health policy relevance of early life PM2.5 exposure. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP261 Received: 29 March 2016 Revised: 08 August 2016 Accepted: 23 August 2016 Published: 14 June 2017 Address correspondence to X. Wang, Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Department of P...
Source: EHP Research - June 14, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research

Intra-arterial ALD401 Cell Therapy Is Associated with Reduction in Stroke Volume at 90 Days in a Subset of the RECOVER-Stroke Trial (P6.004)
Conclusions: In this exploratory analysis from one center in the multi-center RECOVER-Stroke trial, intra-arterial stem cell injection with ALD-401 was associated with significant reduction in stroke volume at 90 days post therapy compared to sham procedure in subacute ischemic stroke patients.Disclosure: Dr. Atchaneeyasakul has nothing to disclose. Dr. Dharmadhikari has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sidani has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ramdas has nothing to disclose. Dr. Delgado has nothing to disclose. Dr. Pafford has nothing to disclose. Dr. Huang has received personal compensation for activities with Aldagen/Cytomedix and Da...
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Atchaneeyasakul, K., Dharmadhikari, S., Sidani, C., Ramdas, K., Delgado, L., Pafford, R., Huang, D., Hinson, J., Savitz, S., Yavagal, D. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology Poster Discussion Session Source Type: research

Factors Determining Consent in a Randomized Trial of Intra-arterial Stem Cell Therapy for Sub-Acute Ischemic Stroke (P2.386)
Conclusions: There was a relatively high rate of consent among eligible patients in the first US intra-arterial trial of stem cell therapy for stroke. Approaching LAR for consent was found not to influence consenting rates.Disclosure: Dr. Ramdas has nothing to disclose. Dr. Pafford has nothing to disclose. Dr. Haussen has nothing to disclose. Dr. McBee has nothing to disclose. Dr. Rutledge has nothing to disclose. Dr. Huang has received personal compensation for activities with Aldagen/Cytomedix and Dart Neuroscience as a consultant. Dr. Savitz has received research support from NIH T32 grant. Dr. Hinson has nothing to dis...
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Ramdas, K., Pafford, R., Haussen, D., McBee, D., Rutledge, J., Huang, D., Savitz, S., Hinson, J., Yavagal, D. Tags: Research Methodology and Patient Education Source Type: research

Rutgers Genetics Research Center awarded $6 million federal grant
(Rutgers University) The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has awarded a five-year grant worth up to $6,034,323 to RUCDR Infinite Biologics, a unit of Rutgers' Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey. With the new grant, the Rutgers operation will take over management of the NINDS stem cell repository. RUCDR also will provide a comprehensive range of stem-cell related services to researchers throughout the world investigating diseases including Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington's.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Story Landis
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 13, 718 (2014). doi:10.1038/nrd4454 After 19 years at the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Story Landis retired last month. During her time there, she was struck by a transformation of neurological research on many fronts, including the discovery of disease-linked genes and the development of induced pluripotent stem cell models of disease. But a recent study of NINDS grants shows that funding of basic neurological research has also declined during this time, putting future advances at risk. Landis tells Asher Mullard about how she has worked to put t...
Source: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - October 1, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: News and Analysis Source Type: research

Preparing for the Future of Health Care
Growing Stem Cells in Space to Treat Stroke Patients Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., medical and scientific director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory, at Mayo Clinic in Florida, was recently awarded a grant to send human stem cells in space to see if they grow more rapidly in space than stem cells grown on Earth. Dr. Noseworthy on "Opening Bell [...]
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - April 11, 2014 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Co-Expression Networks In Generation Of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) (P1.047)
CONCLUSIONS: The use of a novel reprogramming method, which enabled highly synchronized reprogramming, identified unique biological networks that are vital to our understanding of iPSC generation. These networks identified pathways, hub genes and transcription factors, which are candidates for follow-up studies.Study Supported by: This work was supported by Grants RO1NS33123 and RC4NS073009 from the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to SMP.Disclosure: Dr. Pflieger has nothing to disclose. Dr. Paul has nothing to disclose. Dr. Gao has nothing to disclose. Dr. Coppola has nothing to disclose. Dr. Pulst...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Pflieger, L., Paul, S., Gao, F., Coppola, G., Pulst, S. Tags: Movement Disorders: Basic Mechanisms Source Type: research

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