Spinal cord injury: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

X Hu, W Xu, Y Ren, Z Wang, X He, R Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a severe condition with an extremely high disability rate.
The challenges of SCI repair include its complex pathological mechanisms and the …

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 …

Microglia coordinate cellular interactions during spinal cord repair in mice

FH Brennan, Y Li, C Wang, A Ma, Q Guo, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers a neuro-inflammatory response dominated by
tissue-resident microglia and monocyte derived macrophages (MDMs). Since activated …

Current advancements in spinal cord Injury Research—glial scar formation and neural regeneration

T Clifford, Z Finkel, B Rodriguez, A Joseph, L Cai - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex tissue injury resulting in permanent and degenerating
damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Detrimental cellular processes occur after SCI …

Macrophage biology in the peripheral nervous system after injury

RE Zigmond, FD Echevarria - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation has positive and negative effects. This review focuses on the roles of
macrophage in the PNS. Transection of PNS axons leads to degeneration and clearance of …

Acute spinal cord injury: Pathophysiology and pharmacological intervention

Y Zhang, A Al Mamun, Y Yuan… - Molecular …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most debilitating of all the traumatic conditions that
afflict individuals. For a number of years, extensive studies have been conducted to clarify …

The origin, fate, and contribution of macrophages to spinal cord injury pathology

LM Milich, CB Ryan, JK Lee - Acta neuropathologica, 2019 - Springer
Virtually all phases of spinal cord injury pathogenesis, including inflammation, cell
proliferation and differentiation, as well as tissue remodeling, are mediated in part by …

Microvascular endothelial cells engulf myelin debris and promote macrophage recruitment and fibrosis after neural injury

T Zhou, Y Zheng, L Sun, SR Badea, Y Jin, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The clearance of damaged myelin sheaths is critical to ensure functional recovery from
neural injury. Here we show a previously unidentified role for microvessels and their lining …

Single-cell analysis of the cellular heterogeneity and interactions in the injured mouse spinal cord

LM Milich, JS Choi, C Ryan, SR Cerqueira… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
The wound healing process that occurs after spinal cord injury is critical for maintaining
tissue homeostasis and limiting tissue damage, but eventually results in a scar-like …

Macrophage phagocytosis after spinal cord injury: when friends become foes

J Van Broeckhoven, D Sommer, D Dooley, S Hendrix… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
After spinal cord injury, macrophages can exert either beneficial or detrimental effects
depending on their phenotype. Aside from their critical role in inflammatory responses …