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NATURE REVIEWS GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 317-328Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2013.226
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity [V1258, W1018C] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0800973] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0800973] Funding Source: UKRI
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The enteric nervous system is vulnerable to a range of congenital and acquired disorders that disrupt the function of its neurons or lead to their loss. The resulting enteric neuropathies are some of the most challenging clinical conditions to manage. Neural stem cells offer the prospect of a cure given their potential ability to replenish missing or dysfunctional neurons. This article discusses diseases that might be targets for stem cell therapies and the barriers that could limit treatment application. We explore various sources of stem cells and the proof of concept for their use. The critical steps that remain to be addressed before these therapies can be used in patients are also discussed. Key milestones include the harvesting of neural stem cells from the human gut and the latest in vivo transplantation studies in animals. The tremendous progress in the field has brought experimental studies exploring the potential of stem cell therapies for the management of enteric neuropathies to the cusp of clinical application.
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