Review Article

Adult Stem Cell as New Advanced Therapy for Experimental Neuropathic Pain Treatment

Table 1

Stem cells used for experimental neuropathic pain treatment.

Cell sourceDelivery siteNumber of cells Model of NP and speciesEffect on painAuthor and year

Neural stem cells
 NSC (mouse)Intravenous 1, 2, 3 × 106CCI (mouse)Improvement of thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodyniaFranchi et al., 2012 [10]
 NSC (rat)Intrathecal1 × 106CCI (rat)Improvement of thermal and mechanical hyperalgesiaXu et al., 2013 [21]
 NSC + OEC (rat)Injury site3 × 105SCI (rat)Cotransplantation improves sensory functionLuo et al., 2013 [22]
 NPC (mouse)Injury site4 × 105SCI (rat)No effect on pain (allodynia) Karimi-Abdolrezaee et al., 2010 [23]
 NPC (rat)Injury site1 × 105SCI (rat)Induction of allodyniaHofstetter et al., 2005 [24]
 NSC (mouse)Injury site1 × 105SCI (rat)Induction of thermal and mechanical forelimb allodyniaMacias et al., 2006 [25]
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
 MSC (rat)Intraganglionic (DRG)2 × 105SLNC (rat)Prevention of mechanical and thermal allodyniaMusolino et al., 2007 [39]
 MSC (rat)Injection in the hind limb skeletal muscle1 × 106STZ-induced diabetes (rat)Improvement of hypoalgesiaShibata et al., 2008 [41]
 MSC (human)Lateral cerebral ventricle5 × 104SNI (mouse)Improvement of mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesiaSiniscalco et al., 2010 [43]
 MSC (human)Intravenous2 × 106SNI (mouse)Improvement of thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodyniaSiniscalco et al., 2011 [44]
 MSC2 (human)Intraperitoneal5 × 105, 1 × 106STZ-induced diabetes (mouse)Improvement of mechanical allodynia and heat hypoalgesiaWaterman et al., 2012 [45]
Adipose tissue derived-mesenchymal stem cells
 ASC (human)Intravenous5 × 105, 1 × 106CCI (mouse)Improvement of thermal hyperalgesia and mechanical allodynia Sacerdote et al., 2013 [46]
 ATSC/core shell  particle-treated  ATSC
 (human)
IntrathecalNot indicatedSCI (mouse)Improvement of mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia In Choi et al., 2013 [49]
Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
 UCB-MSC
 (human)
Injury site 1 × 106SCI (rat)Tendency to reduce mechanical allodyniaRoh et al., 2013 [51]
 (HUMSCs)  isolated from  Wharton’s jelly  (human)Injury site5 × 105SCI (rat)Locomotor recoveryYang et al., 2008 [52]
Bone marrow derived mononuclear cells
 Marrow  mononuclear cells  (rat)Intravenous1 × 107CCI (rat)Improvement of thermal and mechanical allodyniaKlass et al., 2007 [53]
 BM-MNC (rat)Injected into 10 points in the unilateral femoral quadriceps, femoral biceps, and soleus muscles1 × 106STZ-induced diabetes (rat)Improvement of mechanical and thermal allodyniaNaruse et al., 2011 [54]