TY - BOOK AU - Eman Ahmed Youssef AU - Hala Gabr, AU - Nirmeen Adel , AU - Reham Afeefy , TI - Assessment of the role of NOGO gene block in enhancing the neuro-regenerative effect of mesenchymal stem cells / PY - 2018/// CY - Cairo : PB - Eman Ahmed Youssef , KW - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) KW - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) KW - Neuroregeneration N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - Aim: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a therapeutic potential in neuronal diseases, factors as NOGO A limit the axonal regeneration. In this study, gene silencing was used to suppress Nogo-A expression in MSCs, augmenting their neuro-regenerative role. Methods: MSCs were cultured from mice bone marrow then transfected with a plasmid coding for NOGO-A gene SiRNA, mouse models of motor neuron degeneration were created, therapeutic role of non-modified and plasmid transfected MSCs were studied and assessed clinically and histologically. Group 1 mice received no treatment. Group 2 received an IV injection of non modified MSCs and sacrificed 8 days (subgroup 2a) and 15 days (subgroup 2b) following treatment, Group 3 received an IV injection of transfected MSCs and were sacrificed 8 days (subgroup 3a) and 15 days (subgroup 3b) following treatment UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -