The biology of regeneration failure and success after spinal cord injury

AP Tran, PM Warren, J Silver - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Since no approved therapies to restore mobility and sensation following spinal cord injury
(SCI) currently exist, a better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms …

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans: Key modulators in the developing and pathologic central nervous system

SM Dyck, S Karimi-Abdolrezaee - Experimental neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans (CSPGs) are a major component of the
extracellular matrix in the central nervous system (CNS) and play critical role in the …

Minocycline alleviates death of oligodendrocytes by inhibiting pro-nerve growth factor production in microglia after spinal cord injury

TY Yune, JY Lee, GY Jung, SJ Kim… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes a permanent neurological disability, and no satisfactory
treatment is currently available. After SCI, pro-nerve growth factor (proNGF) is known to play …

MicroRNA miR‐133b is essential for functional recovery after spinal cord injury in adult zebrafish

YM Yu, KM Gibbs, J Davila, N Campbell… - European Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles during development and also in adult organisms
by regulating the expression of multiple target genes. Here, we studied the function of miR …

Local inhibition of Rho signaling by cell-permeable recombinant protein BA-210 prevents secondary damage and promotes functional recovery following acute spinal …

S Lord-Fontaine, F Yang, Q Diep, P Dergham… - Journal of …, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to robust Rho activation at the lesion site. Here, we
demonstrate that BA-210, a cell-permeable fusion protein derived from C3 transferase …

[HTML][HTML] microRNAs in spinal cord injury: potential roles and therapeutic implications

B Ning, L Gao, RH Liu, Y Liu, NS Zhang… - International journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are a novel class of small non-coding RNAs that negatively
regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs can modulate gene …

From demyelination to remyelination: the road toward therapies for spinal cord injury

F Papastefanaki, R Matsas - Glia, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Myelin integrity is crucial for central nervous system (CNS) physiology while its preservation
and regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI) is key to functional restoration. Disturbance of …

Rho Kinase Inhibitor Fasudil Protects against β‐Amyloid‐Induced Hippocampal Neurodegeneration in Rats

Y Song, X Chen, LY Wang, W Gao… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative
disorder, and Aβ‐induced neuronal damage is the major pathology of AD. There is …

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans negatively modulate spinal cord neural precursor cells by signaling through LAR and RPTPσ and modulation of the Rho/ROCK …

SM Dyck, A Alizadeh, KT Santhosh, EH Proulx… - Stem Cells, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Multipotent adult neural precursor cells (NPCs) have tremendous intrinsic potential to repair
the damaged spinal cord. However, evidence shows that the regenerative capabilities of …

[PDF][PDF] The spinal cord ependymal region: a stem cell niche in the caudal central nervous system

JP Hugnot, R Franzen - Front Biosci, 2011 - article.imrpress.com
In the brain, specific signalling pathways localized in highly organized regions called niches,
allow the persistence of a pool of stem and progenitor cells that generate new neurons and …