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ArticleBioactive materials2026

Integrated cryopreservation-thawing-transplantation platform for neural stem cell-based spinal cord injury repair.

Jie Ren, Junjin Li, Hongda Wang, Haiwen Feng, Huaying Hao, Junyu Chen, Yuanquan Li, Zhengyu Xu, Chuanhao Li, Wang Jiang and 6 more

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Article in Bioactive materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Jie RenTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Junjin LiDepartment of Sports Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Institute of Sports Medicine of Peking University, Beijing Key Laboratory of Sports Injuries, Engineering Research Center of Sports Trauma Treatment Technology and Devices, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China.
Hongda WangTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Haiwen FengTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Huaying HaoState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Junyu ChenTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Yuanquan LiTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Zhengyu XuTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Chuanhao LiTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Wang JiangDepartment of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, 300020, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Xiaoyang ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Xiaomeng SongDepartment of Histology and Developmental Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Guangzhi NingTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.
Jun LiangState Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Light Industry Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Shiqing FengTianjin Key Laboratory of Spine and Spinal Cord, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Spinal Cord Injury, Department of Orthopedics, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society Collaborating Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300070, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) repair lacks clinically validated restorative therapies. Transplantation of exogenous neural stem cells (NSCs) offers significant potential for therapeutic applications; however, challenges remain, including substantial cell loss, uncontrolled differentiation, and limited tissue integration within inflammatory microenvironments. Furthermore, the workflow associated with traditional NSC transplantation-including cryopreservation, thawing, transportation, and injection-remains fragmented, resulting in systemic limitations. These issues manifest as reduced cell viability and stemness, an elevated risk of contamination, and dosing inaccuracies. All these significantly impede clinical translation. An integrated system for NSC preservation, transport, and transplantation is required to meet the following criteria: (i) maintenance of high cell viability and stemness post-cryopreservation and thawing; (ii) modulation of the acute-phase immune microenvironment; (iii) regulation of the differentiation fate of transplanted NSCs; (iv) injectable, standardized, and closed-system operation. To meet these requirements, we established a comprehensive cryopreservation, thawing, and transplant (CTT) integrated platform. Utilizing the bioactive material PM-BMH@Exo, this platform enables seamless end-to-end workflow integration through a mechanism that preserves bioactivity. It not only ensures high viability retention and directed differentiation of NSCs but also effectively mitigates the rapid viability decline of cells observed after traditional cryopreservation. Furthermore, the system enables closed-loop operations spanning cryopreservation, thawing, and minimally invasive injection. It breaks through systemic bottlenecks from multi-step procedures, comprehensively enhancing the timeliness and standardization of therapeutic interventions. We systematically evaluated the system's feasibility and efficacy via in vitro and in vivo experiments. This study presents a technologically viable and clinically compatible pathway with potential applications for SCI repair.

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3D culturehUCMSC-ExoNeural stem cellPorous microspheresSpinal cord injury

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PMID41657951
PMCPMC12874286

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