Cell therapy of stroke and spinal cord injury complications

The review analyzes the current advances of cell therapy for neurological complications of ischemic stroke and spinal cord injury (SCI). We demonstrate the most recent data on the use of different types of stem cells for the treatment of these severe damages, obtained both in experimental studies using animal models and in clinical studies. We particularly discuss the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and neural stem/progenitor cells (NSC/NPC) for the treatment of stroke and SCI. We also discuss the prospects for a further development of cell therapy of these diseases.