Traumatic brain injury: pathogenesis, experimental models, prospects of cell-based therapy

Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2017; 5(2):209-215.
DOI: 10.22494/COT.V5I2.78

Traumatic brain injury: pathogenesis, experimental models, prospects of cell-based therapy

Chayka A. V.¹, Zaben’ko Y. Y.¹, Labunets I. F.², Pivneva T. A.^1,2¹Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
²State Institute of Genetic and Regenerative Medicine National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract
Traumatic brain injury is the brain damage caused by external mechanical force, for example: a severe impact as a result of a car accident, a blow of a blast wave, biomechanical damage to the brain as a result of a collision with contact sports, etc. This is a complex trauma with a wide range of symptoms became the main cause of death and disability in modern society throughout the world. The results of numerous therapeutic approaches to treating the consequences of injuries have shown promising perspectives in animal models of traumatic brain injury, but have not achieved any significant efficacy in clinical trials. In this review, we will consider the current topical issues of traumatic brain injury: a modern classification; general principles of the development of the pathological process; models of brain trauma in animals; therapy with the application of stem cells of various genesis.

Key words: traumatic brain injury; animal models of traumatic brain injury; stem cells therapy

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Chayka AV, Zaben’ko YY, Labunets IF, Pivneva TA. Traumatic brain injury: pathogenesis, experimental models, prospects of cell-based therapy. Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2017; 5(2):209-215. doi:10.22494/cot.v5i2.78

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