Review Article

Cell Therapy Augments Functional Recovery Subsequent to Spinal Cord Injury under Experimental Conditions

Table 5

Preclinical spinal cord injury trials using Schwann cells (SCs).

Transplanted cell typeSCI modelNeuronal regenerationFunctional recoveryInflammation repressionReference

rSCsRats, contusion/compression/hemisectionYesYes[7476]
rSCs + MSCsRat, contusion/4 mm spinal cord removalYesYes[77, 78]
rSC + NSCsRat, T8-9, transectionYesPartial[79]