Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Fetal Cell Transplantation in Parkinson Disease: Implications for the Future of Cell Therapy
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Danny Bega [1] ; Dimitri Krainc [1]
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[1] Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Township of Evanston, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 311, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 617-618
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
JAMA Neurology Long-term Clinical Outcome of Fetal Cell Transplantation for Parkinson Disease: Two Case Reports Zinovia Kefalopoulou, MD, PhD; Marios Politis, MD, PhD; Paola Piccini, MD, PhD, FRCP; Niccolo Mencacci, MD; Kailash Bhatia, MD, PhD; Marjan Jahanshahi, PhD; Håkan Widner, MD, PhD; Stig Rehncrona, MD, PhD; Patrik Brundin, MD, PhD; Anders Björklund, PhD; Olle Lindvall, MD, PhD; Patricia Limousin, MD, PhD; Niall Quinn, MD; Thomas Foltynie, MRCP, PhD Importance: Recent advances in stem cell technologies have rekindled an interest in the use of cell replacement strategies for patients with Parkinson disease. This study reports the very long-term clinical outcomes of fetal cell transplantation in 2 patients with Parkinson disease. Such long-term follow-up data can usefully inform on the potential efficacy of this approach, as well as the design of trials for its further evaluation.
Observations: Two patients received intrastriatal grafts of human fetal ventral mesencephalic tissue, rich in dopaminergic neuroblasts, as restorative treatment for their Parkinson disease. To evaluate the very long-term efficacy of the grafts, clinical assessments were performed 18 and 15 years posttransplantation. Motor improvements gained gradually over the first postoperative years were sustained up to 18 years posttransplantation, while both patients have discontinued, and remained free of any, pharmacological dopaminergic therapy.
Conclusions and Relevance: The results from these 2 cases indicate that dopaminergic cell transplantation can offer very long-term symptomatic relief in patients with Parkinson disease and provide proof-of-concept support for future clinical trials using fetal or stem cell therapies.
