Progression in translational research on spinal cord injury based on microenvironment imbalance

B Fan, Z Wei, S Feng - Bone research, 2022 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to loss of motor and sensory function below the injury level
and imposes a considerable burden on patients, families, and society. Repair of the injured …

Transplanting neural progenitor cells to restore connectivity after spinal cord injury

I Fischer, JN Dulin, MA Lane - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury remains a scientific and therapeutic challenge with great cost to
individuals and society. The goal of research in this field is to find a means of restoring lost …

Hippocampal GABAergic inhibitory interneurons

KA Pelkey, R Chittajallu, MT Craig… - Physiological …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
In the hippocampus GABAergic local circuit inhibitory interneurons represent only~ 10–15%
of the total neuronal population; however, their remarkable anatomical and physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Xenotransplanted human cortical neurons reveal species-specific development and functional integration into mouse visual circuits

D Linaro, B Vermaercke, R Iwata, A Ramaswamy… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
How neural circuits develop in the human brain has remained almost impossible to study at
the neuronal level. Here, we investigate human cortical neuron development, plasticity, and …

Exosomes derived from human placental mesenchymal stem cells enhanced the recovery of spinal cord injury by activating endogenous neurogenesis

W Zhou, M Silva, C Feng, S Zhao, L Liu, S Li… - Stem cell research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating medical condition that can result in the
irreversible loss of sensorimotor function. Current therapies fail to provide an effective …

Microenvironmental modulation in tandem with human stem cell transplantation enhances functional recovery after chronic complete spinal cord injury

S Hashimoto, N Nagoshi, M Shinozaki, K Nakanishi… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
While rapid advancements in regenerative medicine strategies for spinal cord injury (SCI)
have been made, most research in this field has focused on the early stages of incomplete …

The use of stem cell-derived organoids in disease modeling: an update

J Azar, HF Bahmad, D Daher, MM Moubarak… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organoids represent one of the most important advancements in the field of stem cells
during the past decade. They are three-dimensional in vitro culturing models that originate …

Modulation by DREADD reveals the therapeutic effect of human iPSC-derived neuronal activity on functional recovery after spinal cord injury

T Kitagawa, N Nagoshi, Y Kamata, M Kawai, K Ago… - Stem cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Transplantation of neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) derived from human induced
pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is considered to be a promising therapy for spinal cord injury …

Spinal interneurons as gatekeepers to neuroplasticity after injury or disease

LV Zholudeva, VE Abraira… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Spinal interneurons are important facilitators and modulators of motor, sensory, and
autonomic functions in the intact CNS. This heterogeneous population of neurons is now …

Developing nociceptor-selective treatments for acute and chronic pain

S Jayakar, J Shim, S Jo, BP Bean, I Singeç… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Despite substantial efforts dedicated to the development of new, nonaddictive analgesics,
success in treating pain has been limited. Clinically available analgesic agents generally …