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Overview

Cesar V. Borlongan is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans across medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broad fields, Borlongan has focused on subfields such as neurology, molecular biology, genetics, plant science, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work addresses several main research topics including mesenchymal stem cell research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, extracellular vesicles in disease, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, acute ischemic stroke management, and microRNA in disease regulation.

Frequent publication venues for Borlongan's work include:

  • Cell Transplantation
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

The scientist has collaborated closely with several co-authors over their career, including Molly Monsour, Nadia Sadanandan, Jea-Young Lee, Bella Gonzales-Portillo, and You Jeong Park.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Borlongan include:

  • Mesenchymal stem cell therapy alleviates the neuroinflammation associated with acquired brain injury (2020), CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
  • Neuroprotective effects of human amniotic fluid stem cells-derived secretome in an ischemia/reperfusion model (2020), Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • A review of the pathology and treatment of TBI and PTSD (2022), Experimental Neurology
  • Combination of Stem Cells and Rehabilitation Therapies for Ischemic Stroke (2021), Biomolecules
  • Cell-Based Therapy for Stroke (2020), Stroke

The body of research produced by Borlongan addresses significant issues related to brain injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative conditions, with a particular emphasis on stem cell therapies and neuroprotective strategies. Their work also explores the molecular mechanisms underpinning neurological disorders and recovery processes, contributing to the fields of acute ischemic stroke management and neurogenesis.

Best Publications

  • Central Nervous System Entry of Peripherally Injected Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Is Not Required for Neuroprotection in Stroke

    Cesar V. Borlongan;Martin Hadman;Cyndy Davis Sanberg;Paul R. Sanberg

  • Bilateral fetal nigral transplantation into the postcommissural putamen in Parkinson's disease

    Thomas B. Freeman;C. Warren Olanow;Robert A. Hauser;G. Michael Nauert

  • Neuroinflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury: etiology, clinical consequences, and therapeutic opportunities.

    Diego Lozano;Gabriel S Gonzales-Portillo;Sandra Acosta;Ike de la Pena

  • Neuroprotective strategies for basal ganglia degeneration: Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

    Tajrena Alexi;Cesario V. Borlongan;Richard L.M. Faull;Chris E. Williams

  • Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Phenotypic Characterization and Optimizing Their Therapeutic Potential for Clinical Applications

    Dae-Won Kim;Meaghan Staples;Kazutaka Shinozuka;Paolina Pantcheva

  • Transplantation of cryopreserved human embryonal carcinoma-derived neurons (NT2N cells) promotes functional recovery in ischemic rats

    Cesario V. Borlongan;Yasuo Tajima;John Q. Trojanowski;Virginia M.-Y. Lee

  • Transplantation of human neural stem cells exerts neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

    Takao Yasuhara;Noriyuki Matsukawa;Koichi Hara;Guolong Yu

  • Kallikrein Gene Transfer Protects Against Ischemic Stroke by Promoting Glial Cell Migration and Inhibiting Apoptosis

    Chun-Fang Xia;Hang Yin;Cesar V. Borlongan;Lee Chao

  • Microglia Activation as a Biomarker for Traumatic Brain Injury

    Diana G. Hernandez-Ontiveros;Naoki Tajiri;Sandra Acosta;Brian Giunta

  • Vitamin D3 attenuates 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neurotoxicity in rats

    Jia Yi Wang;Jian Nan Wu;Tao Lin Cherng;Barry J. Hoffer

  • Stem cell therapy for abrogating stroke-induced neuroinflammation and relevant secondary cell death mechanisms.

    Connor Stonesifer;Sydney Corey;Shaila Ghanekar;Zachary Diamandis

  • The great migration of bone marrow-derived stem cells toward the ischemic brain: Therapeutic implications for stroke and other neurological disorders

    Cesar V. Borlongan;Loren E. Glover;Naoki Tajiri;Yuji Kaneko

  • Menstrual blood cells display stem cell-like phenotypic markers and exert neuroprotection following transplantation in experimental stroke.

    Cesar V. Borlongan;Yuji Kaneko;Mina Maki;Seong-Jin Yu

  • Kallikrein protects against ischemic stroke by inhibiting apoptosis and inflammation and promoting angiogenesis and neurogenesis.

    Chun-Fang Xia;Hang Yin;Yu-Yu Yao;Cesar V Borlongan

  • The choroid plexus in the rise, fall and repair of the brain.

    Dwaine F. Emerich;Stephen J.M. Skinner;Cesario V. Borlongan;Alfred V. Vasconcellos

  • Peripheral Nerve Injury: Stem Cell Therapy and Peripheral Nerve Transfer.

    Robert Sullivan;Travis Dailey;Kelsey Duncan;Naomi Abel

  • Impaired blood–brain/spinal cord barrier in ALS patients

    Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis;Diana G. Hernandez-Ontiveros;Maria C.O. Rodrigues;Maria C.O. Rodrigues;Edward Haller

  • Intravenous Bone Marrow Stem Cell Grafts Preferentially Migrate to Spleen and Abrogate Chronic Inflammation in Stroke

    Sandra A. Acosta;Naoki Tajiri;Jaclyn Hoover;Yuji Kaneko

  • Delayed minocycline inhibits ischemia-activated matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 after experimental stroke

    Livia S Machado;Anna Kozak;Adviye Ergul;Adviye Ergul;David C Hess;David C Hess

  • 3-Nitropropionic acid animal model and Huntington' s disease

    Cesario V. Borlongan;Theodore K. Koutouzis;Paul R. Sanberg

  • Bone marrow grafts restore cerebral blood flow and blood brain barrier in stroke rats.

    Cesario V Borlongan;Jeffrey G Lind;Ora Dillon-Carter;Guolong Yu

  • Testis-derived Sertoli cells survive and provide localized immunoprotection for xenografts in rat brain.

    Paul R. Sanberg;Cesario V. Borlongan;Samuel Saporta;Don F. Cameron

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoki Tajiri
Naoki Tajiri Nagoya City University
Paul R. Sanberg
Paul R. Sanberg University of South Florida
Liborio Stuppia
Liborio Stuppia University of Chieti-Pescara
Juan Sanchez-Ramos
Juan Sanchez-Ramos University of South Florida
Noriyuki Matsukawa
Noriyuki Matsukawa Nagoya City University
Paula C. Bickford
Paula C. Bickford University of South Florida
Dwaine F. Emerich
Dwaine F. Emerich Alkermes (Ireland)
Robert Deans
Robert Deans Osiris Therapeutics (United States)
Mari Dezawa
Mari Dezawa Tohoku University
Alison E. Willing
Alison E. Willing University of South Florida

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