Intrathecal transplantation of HUCBSCs is feasible, and it improved spinal cord function, when they were delivered 30 min after spinal cord ischaemia, in a model of endovascular descending thoracic aorta occlusion in rats. Human umbilical cord blood is one of the potentially useful sources of stem cells for therapy of spinal cord ischaemia.
Despite the small number of studied patients, the endovascular procedure for chronic type B aortic dissections does not appear to be an option for the treatment of these patients.
Ao amigo Marco Antônio Praça de Oliveira pelo incentivo, apoio e dedicação ao trabalho de todos os dias. À bióloga Sueli Ferreira, mais do que uma batalhadora no auxílio à execução dos experimentos, teve a serenidade e a paciência de persistir frente às adversidades. Ao amigo e Doutor Rafael Simas, grande companheiro, sempre solícito e decisivo nos momentos difíceis e a sua noiva Laura.
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