Progress in the study of stem cell transplantation for the repair of spinal cord injury

Abstract

Abstract:Spinal cord injury is a critical medical emergency that severely jeopardizes human health. Such injuries can cause lifelong paralysis and lead to various complications, including death, and there are often tremendous economic and emotional burdens placed on the society and family. Therefore, the study of spinal cord injury repair has important significance. The use of stem cell transplantation to repair spinal cord injury has been the focus and cause of difficulty in studies of spinal cord injury repair in recent years. However, there are numerous types of stem cells, diverse cell transplantation methods and different injury models that often cause confusion for investigators. The goal of this paper is to review the studies of spinal cord injury repair with various stem cells and summarize the bottleneck of stem cell transplantation for spinal cord injury repair to reveal the future direction of stem cell transplantation studies for spinal cord injury repair.