Drug delivery, cell-based therapies, and tissue engineering approaches for spinal cord injury

S Kabu, Y Gao, BK Kwon, V Labhasetwar - Journal of Controlled Release, 2015 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in devastating neurological and pathological consequences,
causing major dysfunction to the motor, sensory, and autonomic systems. The primary …

Translating mechanisms of neuroprotection, regeneration, and repair to treatment of spinal cord injury

AM Siddiqui, M Khazaei, MG Fehlings - Progress in brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the big challenges in neuroscience that remains to be understood is why the central
nervous system is not able to regenerate to the extent that the peripheral nervous system …

Serum neurofilament light chain is a biomarker of human spinal cord injury severity and outcome

J Kuhle, J Gaiottino, D Leppert, A Petzold… - Journal of Neurology …, 2015 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Neurofilaments (Nf) are major structural proteins that occur exclusively in
neurons. In spinal cord injury (SCI), the severity of disease is quantified by clinical measures …

Methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with acute spinal cord injuries: a propensity score-matched cohort study from a Canadian multi-center spinal cord …

N Evaniew, VK Noonan, N Fallah, BK Kwon… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
In prior analyses of the effectiveness of methylprednisolone for the treatment of patients with
acute traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCIs), the prognostic importance of patients' …

Interleukin-33 treatment reduces secondary injury and improves functional recovery after contusion spinal cord injury

Y Pomeshchik, I Kidin, P Korhonen… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is a member of the interleukin-1 cytokine family and highly
expressed in the naïve mouse brain and spinal cord. Despite the fact that IL-33 is known to …

Necroptosis, a novel type of programmed cell death, contributes to early neural cells damage after spinal cord injury in adult mice

M Liu, W Wu, H Li, S Li, L Huang, Y Yang… - The journal of spinal …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Necroptosis is an emerging programmed necrosis other than traditional
necrosis and apoptosis. Until recently, there have not been studies that have investigated a …

The regulatory roles of non-coding RNAs in nerve injury and regeneration

B Yu, S Zhou, S Yi, X Gu - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), especially microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding
RNAs (lncRNAs), have attracted much attention since their regulatory roles in diverse cell …

Delivery of alginate scaffold releasing two trophic factors for spinal cord injury repair

I Grulova, L Slovinska, J Blaško, S Devaux… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) has been implicated in neural cell loss and consequently functional
motor and sensory impairment. In this study, we propose an alginate-based neurobridge …

[HTML][HTML] The secretome of apoptotic human peripheral blood mononuclear cells attenuates secondary damage following spinal cord injury in rats

T Haider, R Höftberger, B Rüger, M Mildner… - Experimental …, 2015 - Elsevier
After spinal cord injury (SCI), secondary damage caused by oxidative stress, inflammation,
and ischemia leads to neurological deterioration. In recent years, therapeutic approaches to …

Neuroprotective effects of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides against traumatic spinal cord injury in rats

EC Gokce, R Kahveci, OM Atanur, B Gürer, N Aksoy… - Injury, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Ganoderma lucidum (G. lucidum) is a mushroom belonging to the polyporaceae
family of Basidiomycota and has widely been used as a traditional medicine for thousands of …