Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for acute ischemic stroke: a randomized controlled trial

WC Shyu, SZ Lin, CC Lee, DD Liu, H Li - Cmaj, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Because granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) has anti-inflammatory
and neuroprotective properties and is known to mobilize stem cells, it may be useful in the …

AXIS: a trial of intravenous granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in acute ischemic stroke

WR Schäbitz, R Laage, G Vogt, W Koch, R Kollmar… - Stroke, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a promising
stroke drug candidate. The present phase IIa study assessed safety and tolerability over a …

Granulocyte colony–stimulating factor in patients with acute ischemic stroke: results of the AX200 for ischemic stroke trial

EB Ringelstein, V Thijs, B Norrving, A Chamorro… - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (G-CSF; AX200;
Filgrastim) is a stroke drug candidate with excellent preclinical evidence for efficacy. A …

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in experimental stroke and its effects on infarct size and functional outcome: a systematic review

TJ England, CL Gibson, PMW Bath - Brain research reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Background: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) shows promise as a treatment
for stroke. This systematic review assesses G-CSF in experimental ischaemic stroke …

Granulocyte-Colony–Stimulating Factor Mobilizes Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Patients With Subacute Ischemic Stroke: The S tem Cell T rial of Recovery E nhance M …

N Sprigg, PM Bath, L Zhao, MR Willmot, LJ Gray… - Stroke, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Loss of motor function is common after stroke and leads to
significant chronic disability. Stem cells are capable of self-renewal and of differentiating into …

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor for mobilizing bone marrow stem cells in subacute stroke: the stem cell trial of recovery enhancement after stroke 2 randomized …

TJ England, M Abaei, DP Auer, J Lowe, DRE Jones… - Stroke, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) is neuroprotective
in experimental stroke and mobilizes CD34+ peripheral blood stem cells into the circulation …

Granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor has a negative effect on stroke outcome in a murine model

A Taguchi, Z Wen, K Myojin, T Yoshihara… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The administration of CD34‐positive cells after stroke has been shown to have a beneficial
effect on functional recovery by accelerating angiogenesis and neurogenesis in rodent …

Meta-analysis of the efficacy of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in animal models of focal cerebral ischemia

J Minnerup, J Heidrich, J Wellmann, A Rogalewski… - Stroke, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Recent reports have described the efficacy of the hematopoietic
growth factor granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) in animal stroke models. Early …

Decreased focal inflammatory response by G‐CSF may improve stroke outcome after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

Y Sehara, T Hayashi, K Deguchi… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have shown that administration of granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor (G‐
CSF) is neuroprotective. However, the precise mechanisms of the neuroprotective effect of G …

Neuroprotective effect of granulocyte colony–stimulating factor after focal cerebral ischemia

WR Schabitz, R Kollmar, M Schwaninger, E Juettler… - Stroke, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The potential neuroprotective effect of the granulocyte colony–
stimulating factor (G-CSF) after glutamate-induced excitotoxicity in cell culture and after focal …