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STEM CELLS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 2021, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6613029
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- FCT [PEst-OE/AGR/UI0211/2011, SFRH/BD/146172/2019, SFRH/BD/146689/2019, SFRH/BD/116118/2016]
- COMPETE 2020 from ANI-Projetos ID&T Empresas em CopromocAo
- project insitu.Biomas - Reinvent biomanufacturing systems by using an usability approach for in situ clinic temporary implants fabrication [POCI-01-0247-FEDER-033877]
- project Bone2Move - Development of in vivo experimental techniques and modelling methodologies for the evaluation of 4D scaffolds for bone defect in sheep model: an integrative research approach [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031146]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/146172/2019, SFRH/BD/146689/2019, SFRH/BD/116118/2016] Funding Source: FCT
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This study applied chitosan nerve guide conduits and olfactory mucosa mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in treating sciatic nerve regeneration after injury, showing improvements in motor performance, nociception, and nerve regeneration. These therapeutic combinations demonstrate promising outcomes for future research in peripheral nerve treatment.
Peripheral nerve injury remains a clinical challenge with severe physiological and functional consequences. Despite the existence of multiple possible therapeutic approaches, until now, there is no consensus regarding the advantages of each option or the best methodology in promoting nerve regeneration. Regenerative medicine is a promise to overcome this medical limitation, and in this work, chitosan nerve guide conduits and olfactory mucosa mesenchymal stem/stromal cells were applied in different therapeutic combinations to promote regeneration in sciatic nerves after neurotmesis injury. Over 20 weeks, the intervened animals were subjected to a regular functional assessment (determination of motor performance, nociception, and sciatic indexes), and after this period, they were evaluated kinematically and the sciatic nerves and cranial tibial muscles were evaluated stereologically and histomorphometrically, respectively. The results obtained allowed confirming the beneficial effects of using these therapeutic approaches. The use of chitosan NGCs and cells resulted in better motor performance, better sciatic indexes, and lower gait dysfunction after 20 weeks. The use of only NGGs demonstrated better nociceptive recoveries. The stereological evaluation of the sciatic nerve revealed identical values in the different parameters for all therapeutic groups. In the muscle histomorphometric evaluation, the groups treated with NGCs and cells showed results close to those of the group that received traditional sutures, the one with the best final values. The therapeutic combinations studied show promising outcomes and should be the target of new future works to overcome some irregularities found in the results and establish the combination of nerve guidance conduits and olfactory mucosa mesenchymal stem/stromal cells as viable options in the treatment of peripheral nerves after injury.
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