Stem cell therapy and curcumin synergistically enhance recovery from spinal cord injury.

Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is marked by the enhanced production of local cytokines and pro-inflammatory substances that induce gliosis and prevent reinnervation. The transplantation of stem cells is a promising treatment strategy for SCI. In order to facilitate functional recovery, we...

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Main Authors: D Ryan Ormond, Craig Shannon, Julius Oppenheim, Richard Zeman, Kaushik Das, Raj Murali, Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24558450/?tool=EBI