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Divya Chari's Outputs (36)

Neural Cell Interactions with a Surgical Grade Biomaterial Using a Simulated Injury in Brain Organotypic Slices (2024)
Journal Article
Wiseman, J. P., & Chari, D. M. (in press). Neural Cell Interactions with a Surgical Grade Biomaterial Using a Simulated Injury in Brain Organotypic Slices. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 15(12), Article 362. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb15120362

Tissue engineering research for neurological applications has demonstrated that biomaterial-based structural bridges present a promising approach for promoting regeneration. This is particularly relevant for penetrating traumatic brain injuries, wher... Read More about Neural Cell Interactions with a Surgical Grade Biomaterial Using a Simulated Injury in Brain Organotypic Slices.

In vitro model of neurotrauma using the chick embryo to test regenerative bioimplantation. (2023)
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Mogas Barcons, A., Chari, D. M., & Adams, C. (in press). In vitro model of neurotrauma using the chick embryo to test regenerative bioimplantation. Alternatives to animal experimentation : a journal for new paths in biomedical science / edited by the Swiss Society ALTEX Edition, 41(2), 202-212. https://doi.org/10.14573/altex.2304171

Effective repair of spinal cord injury sites remains a major clinical challenge. One promising strategy is the implantation of multifunctional bioscaffolds to enhance nerve fibre growth, guide regenerating tissue and modulate scarring/inflammation pr... Read More about In vitro model of neurotrauma using the chick embryo to test regenerative bioimplantation..

Evaluating the Feasibility of Hydrogel-Based Neural Cell Sprays (2023)
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Evans, D., Barcons, A. M., Basit, R. H., Adams, C., & Chari, D. M. (in press). Evaluating the Feasibility of Hydrogel-Based Neural Cell Sprays. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 14(10), Article 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb14100527

Neurological injuries have poor prognoses with serious clinical sequelae. Stem cell transplantation enhances neural repair but is hampered by low graft survival (<ca. 5%), necessitating the development of approaches to enhance post-transplant cell... Read More about Evaluating the Feasibility of Hydrogel-Based Neural Cell Sprays.

A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation. (2023)
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Tickle, J., Sen, J., Adams, C., Furness, D., Price, R., Kandula, V., …Chari, D. (2023). A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation. Neural Regeneration Research, 1057 - 1061. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.355761

The use of live animal models for testing new therapies for brain and spinal cord repair is a controversial area. Live animal models have associated ethical issues and scientific concerns regarding the predictability of human responses. Alternative m... Read More about A benchtop brain injury model using resected donor tissue from patients with Chiari malformation..

EP-273 Magnetic nanoparticle administration to a model of penetrating neurotrauma in vitro (2022)
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Chari, D., Basit, R. H., Wiseman, J., & Chari, D. M. (2022). EP-273 Magnetic nanoparticle administration to a model of penetrating neurotrauma in vitro. British Journal of Surgery, 109(Supplement_5), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac245.072

Introduction/Aims Functional recovery in penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) is hampered due to the lack of clinically approved regenerative therapies. Although a surgical emergency, pTBI management is largely supportive, with no targeted neuro... Read More about EP-273 Magnetic nanoparticle administration to a model of penetrating neurotrauma in vitro.

SP5.1.1 Novel in vitro model of neurotrauma to study neurotherapeutics (2022)
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Chari, Basit, R. H., Wiseman, J., & Chari, D. M. (2022). SP5.1.1 Novel in vitro model of neurotrauma to study neurotherapeutics. British Journal of Surgery, 109(Supplement_5), https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac247.047

Introduction/Aims Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) is a surgical emergency, with poor clinical outcomes. Management is supportive including surgical wound debridement, anti-epileptic administration and infection prophylaxis; no clinical neur... Read More about SP5.1.1 Novel in vitro model of neurotrauma to study neurotherapeutics.

Transplantation of encapsulated autologous olfactory ensheathing cell populations expressing chondroitinase for spinal cord injury: A safety and feasibility study in companion dogs (2022)
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Prager, J., Fenn, J., Plested, M., Escauriaza, L., Merwe, T. V. D., King, B., …Granger, N. (2022). Transplantation of encapsulated autologous olfactory ensheathing cell populations expressing chondroitinase for spinal cord injury: A safety and feasibility study in companion dogs. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 16(9), 788-798. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.3328


Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause irreversible paralysis, with no regenerative treatment clinically available. Dogs with natural SCI present an established model and can facilitate translation of experimental findings in rodents to people. We cond... Read More about Transplantation of encapsulated autologous olfactory ensheathing cell populations expressing chondroitinase for spinal cord injury: A safety and feasibility study in companion dogs.

Developing a New Strategy for Delivery of Neural Transplant Populations Using Precursor Cell Sprays and Specialized Cell Media (2021)
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Woods, W. A., Chowdhury, F., Tzerakis, N., Adams, C. F., & Chari, D. M. (2021). Developing a New Strategy for Delivery of Neural Transplant Populations Using Precursor Cell Sprays and Specialized Cell Media. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 1(9), 2100051 - 2100051. https://doi.org/10.1002/anbr.202100051

Neural precursor/stem cell transplantation therapies promote regeneration in neurological injuries, but current cell delivery methods have drawbacks. These include risks with surgical microinjection (e.g., hemorrhage, embolism) and high cell loss wit... Read More about Developing a New Strategy for Delivery of Neural Transplant Populations Using Precursor Cell Sprays and Specialized Cell Media.

Stem cell sprays for neurological injuries: a perspective (2021)
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Woods, W., Evans, D., Mogas Barcons, A., Tzerakis, N., Adams, C., & Chari, D. (2021). Stem cell sprays for neurological injuries: a perspective. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20210113

<jats:p>Injuries to the brain and spinal cord have major clinical consequences with high costs for healthcare systems. Neural cell transplantation therapies have significant translational potential to promote regeneration post-injury with clinical tr... Read More about Stem cell sprays for neurological injuries: a perspective.

Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury (2021)
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Prager, J., Ito, D., Carwardine, D. R., Jiju, P., Chari, D. M., Granger, N., & Wong, L. (2021). Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology, 1- 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113660

Spinal cord injury (SCI) can cause chronic paralysis and incontinence and remains a major worldwide healthcare burden, with no regenerative treatment clinically available. Intraspinal transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and injectio... Read More about Delivery of chondroitinase by canine mucosal olfactory ensheathing cells alongside rehabilitation enhances recovery after spinal cord injury.

Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications (2020)
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Finch, L., Harris, S., Solomou, G., Sen, J., Tzerakis, N., Emes, R. D., …Chari, D. M. (2020). Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications. Journal of Controlled Release, 321, 553-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.02.028

High transplant cell loss is a major barrier to translation of stem cell therapy for pathologies of the brain and spinal cord. Encapsulated delivery of stem cells in biomaterials for cell therapy is gaining popularity but experimental research has ov... Read More about Safe nanoengineering and incorporation of transplant populations in a neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGen PlusTM, for protected cell therapy applications.

Neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGenTM, offers a promising matrix for protected delivery of neural stem cells in clinical cell therapies (2019)
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Finch, L., Adams, C., Sen, J., Tickle, J., Tzerakis, N., & Chari, D. M. (2019). Neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGenTM, offers a promising matrix for protected delivery of neural stem cells in clinical cell therapies. Future Healthcare Journal, 6(Suppl 1), 76-76. https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s76

Aims
Transplantation of neural stem cells (NSCs) into sites of neurological injury is being investigated in clinical trials around the world. These important self-renewing and multipotent precursors can generate the major central nervous system cell... Read More about Neurosurgical grade biomaterial, DuraGenTM, offers a promising matrix for protected delivery of neural stem cells in clinical cell therapies.

Noninvasive imaging of nanoparticle-labeled transplant populations within polymer matrices for neural cell therapy (2018)
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Tickle, J. A., Poptani, H., Taylor, A., & Chari, D. M. (2018). Noninvasive imaging of nanoparticle-labeled transplant populations within polymer matrices for neural cell therapy. Nanomedicine, 13(11), 1333-1348. https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2017-0347

Aim: To develop a 3D neural cell construct for encapsulated delivery of transplant cells; develop hydrogels seeded with magnetic nanoparticle (MNP)-labeled cells suitable for cell tracking by MRI. Materials & methods: Astrocytes were exogenously labe... Read More about Noninvasive imaging of nanoparticle-labeled transplant populations within polymer matrices for neural cell therapy.

How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system? (2014)
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Chari, D. M. (2014). How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system?. Neural Regeneration Research, 9(9), 909. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.133131

Clinical use of corticosteroid (CS) therapy and links with adverse neurological effects
CS therapy is widely used in clinical practice worldwide, with administration of high and multiple doses prescribed for a range of disease and injury. Notably, C... Read More about How do corticosteroids influence myelin genesis in the central nervous system?.

Alignment of multiple glial cell populations in 3D nanofiber scaffolds: Toward the development of multicellular implantable scaffolds for repair of neural injury (2013)
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Weightman, A., Jenkins, S., Pickard, M., Chari, D., & Yang, Y. (2014). Alignment of multiple glial cell populations in 3D nanofiber scaffolds: Toward the development of multicellular implantable scaffolds for repair of neural injury. Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 10(2), 291-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nano.2013.09.001

Non-neuronal cells of the central nervous system (CNS), termed “neuroglia,” play critical roles in neural regeneration; therefore, replacement of glial populations via implantable nanofabricated devices (providing a growth-permissive niche) is a prom... Read More about Alignment of multiple glial cell populations in 3D nanofiber scaffolds: Toward the development of multicellular implantable scaffolds for repair of neural injury.

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE MEDIATED GENE DELIVERY IN OLIGODENDROGLIAL CELLS: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS VERSUS PRECURSOR FORMS (2012)
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JENKINS, S. I., PICKARD, M. R., & CHARI, D. M. (2013). MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE MEDIATED GENE DELIVERY IN OLIGODENDROGLIAL CELLS: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS VERSUS PRECURSOR FORMS. Nano LIFE, 03(02), Article 1243001. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1793984412430015

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have emerged as a major platform for the formulation of magnetic vectors for nonviral gene delivery. Notably the application of "magnetofection" strategies (use of magnetic fields to increase MNP–cell interactions) can s... Read More about MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE MEDIATED GENE DELIVERY IN OLIGODENDROGLIAL CELLS: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS VERSUS PRECURSOR FORMS.