Effects of Wharton's jelly cells of the human umbilical cord on acute spinal cord injury in rats, and expression of interleukin-1beta and nerve growth factor in spinal cord tissues.
RatSpinal cord injuryUnspecifiedSprague-DawleyFemalen = 81 rats in total, 27 per group
Model: Acute spinal cord injury
Transplanted rats showed better motor recovery and more intact spinal cord tissue than the model group, with significantly lower interleukin-1beta and higher nerve growth factor expression (p<0.05).
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