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Overview

Alison E. Willing is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has contributed significantly to medical research, particularly within neurology and related subfields. Their work spans topics such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research, mesenchymal stem cell research, spinal cord injury, extracellular vesicles, bone and joint diseases, traumatic brain injury, neurovascular disturbances, and trauma and emergency care studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • Potential of mesenchymal stem cells alone, or in combination, to treat traumatic brain injury (2020), CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • Cell-Free Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Bone Marrow Endothelial Progenitor Cells as Potential Therapeutics for Microvascular Endothelium Restoration in ALS (2020), NeuroMolecular Medicine
  • Treatment with shCCL20-CCR6 nanodendriplexes and human mesenchymal stem cell therapy improves pathology in mice with repeated traumatic brain injury (2020), Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine
  • Fighting the War Against COVID-19 via Cell-Based Regenerative Medicine: Lessons Learned from 1918 Spanish Flu and Other Previous Pandemics (2020), Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
  • Apolipoprotein A1 Enhances Endothelial Cell Survival in an In Vitro Model of ALS (2022), eNeuro

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis
  • Cesar V. Borlongan
  • Paul R. Sanberg
  • Mahasweta Das
  • Shyam S. Mohapatra

Most publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • NeuroMolecular Medicine
  • CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine
  • Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
  • eNeuro

The primary field Alison E. Willing has contributed to is Medicine, with 15 publications. The main subfields of their research are:

  • Neurology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Their research topics cover:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Best Publications

  • Adult bone marrow stromal cells differentiate into neural cells in vitro.

    J. Sanchez-Ramos;S. Song;F. Cardozo-Pelaez;C. Hazzi

  • Intravenous Administration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Reduces Behavioral Deficits After Stroke in Rats

    Jieli Chen;Paul R. Sanberg;Yi Li;Lei Wang

  • Infusion of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells in a Rat Model of Stroke Dose-Dependently Rescues Behavioral Deficits and Reduces Infarct Volume

    Martina Vendrame;Jordan Cassady;Jennifer Newcomb;Tanya Butler

  • Intravenous versus intrastriatal cord blood administration in a rodent model of stroke.

    A.E. Willing;J. Lixian;M. Milliken;S. Poulos

  • Intravenous Administration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Distribution, Migration, and Differentiation

    Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis;Alison E. Willing;Tanja Zigova;Samuel Saporta

  • Expression of neural markers in human umbilical cord blood.

    Juan R. Sanchez-Ramos;Shijie Song;Siddharth G. Kamath;Tanja Zigova

  • The Spleen Contributes to Stroke-Induced Neurodegeneration

    Craig T. Ajmo;Dionne O. L. Vernon;Lisa Collier;Aaron A. Hall

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of human cord blood cells in a rat model of stroke.

    Martina Vendrame;Carmelina Gemma;Dirson De Mesquita;Lisa Collier

  • Human umbilical cord blood stem cells infusion in spinal cord injury: engraftment and beneficial influence on behavior.

    Samuel Saporta;Jong Joong Kim;Jong Joong Kim;Alison E. Willing;Eugene S. Fu

  • Cord blood rescues stroke-induced changes in splenocyte phenotype and function

    Martina Vendrame;Carmelina Gemma;Keith R. Pennypacker;Paula C. Bickford

  • Human umbilical cord blood cells express neural antigens after transplantation into the developing rat brain.

    Tanja Zigova;Shijie Song;Alison E Willing;Jennifer E Hudson

  • Neurodegeneration in the rat hippocampus and striatum after middle cerebral artery occlusion.

    Tanya L. Butler;Cheryl A. Kassed;Paul R. Sanberg;Alison E. Willing

  • Timing of Cord Blood Treatment after Experimental Stroke Determines Therapeutic Efficacy

    Jennifer D. Newcomb;Craig T. Ajmo;Cyndy D. Sanberg;Paul R. Sanberg

  • A Transient Decrease in Spleen Size Following Stroke Corresponds to Splenocyte Release into Systemic Circulation

    Hilary A. Seifert;Aaron A. Hall;Cortney B. Chapman;Lisa A. Collier

  • Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Stem Cells and Brain Repair

    Paul R. Sanberg;Alison E. Willing;Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis;Samuel Saporta

  • Mobilized peripheral blood cells administered intravenously produce functional recovery in stroke.

    Alison E. Willing;Martina Vendrame;Jennifer Mallery;C. Jordan Cassady

  • Blockade of adrenoreceptors inhibits the splenic response to stroke.

    Craig T. Ajmo;Lisa A. Collier;Christopher C. Leonardo;Aaron A. Hall

  • Gastric distension-induced c-fos expression in catecholaminergic neurons of rat dorsal vagal complex.

    A. E. Willing;H. R. Berthoud

  • Cytokines produced by cultured human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) cells: implications for brain repair.

    Mary B. Newman;Alison E. Willing;John J. Manresa;Cyndy Davis Sanberg

  • Capsaicin-resistant vagal afferent fibers in the rat gastrointestinal tract: anatomical identification and functional integrity

    Hans-Rudolf Berthoud;Laurel M Patterson;Alison E Willing;Karin Mueller

  • Human umbilical cord blood progenitors: the potential of these hematopoietic cells to become neural.

    Ning Chen;Jennifer E. Hudson;Piotr Walczak;Iwona Misiuta

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Saporta
Samuel Saporta University of South Florida
Paula C. Bickford
Paula C. Bickford University of South Florida
Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida
Shyam S. Mohapatra
Shyam S. Mohapatra University of South Florida
Adam D. Bachstetter
Adam D. Bachstetter University of Kentucky
Michael Chopp
Michael Chopp Oakland University
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Ashutosh Chilkoti Duke University
Ian D. Sharp
Ian D. Sharp Technical University of Munich
Marcia N. Gordon
Marcia N. Gordon Michigan State University

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