Mechanisms of Schwann cell plasticity involved in peripheral nerve repair after injury

G Nocera, C Jacob - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The great plasticity of Schwann cells (SCs), the myelinating glia of the peripheral nervous
system (PNS), is a critical feature in the context of peripheral nerve regeneration following …

The success and failure of the Schwann cell response to nerve injury

KR Jessen, R Mirsky - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The remarkable plasticity of Schwann cells allows them to adopt the Remak (non-myelin)
and myelin phenotypes, which are specialized to meet the needs of small and large …

Repair Schwann cell update: Adaptive reprogramming, EMT, and stemness in regenerating nerves

KR Jessen, P Arthur‐Farraj - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Schwann cells respond to nerve injury by cellular reprogramming that generates cells
specialized for promoting regeneration and repair. These repair cells clear redundant …

Growth factors-based therapeutic strategies and their underlying signaling mechanisms for peripheral nerve regeneration

R Li, D Li, H Zhang, J Wang, X Li, J Xiao - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2020 - nature.com
Peripheral nerve injury (PNI), one of the most common concerns following trauma, can result
in a significant loss of sensory or motor function. Restoration of the injured nerves requires a …

Schwann Cells as Orchestrators of Nerve Repair: Implications for Tissue Regeneration and Pathologies

RM Stassart, JA Gomez-Sanchez… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Peripheral nerves exist in a stable state in adulthood providing a rapid bidirectional
signaling system to control tissue structure and function. However, following injury …

MAPK/ERK pathway as a central regulator in vertebrate organ regeneration

X Wen, L Jiao, H Tan - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Damage to organs by trauma, infection, diseases, congenital defects, aging, and other
injuries causes organ malfunction and is life-threatening under serious conditions. Some of …

Advances in the repair of segmental nerve injuries and trends in reconstruction

D Pan, SE Mackinnon, MD Wood - Muscle & nerve, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite advances in surgery, the reconstruction of segmental nerve injuries continues to
pose challenges. In this review, current neurobiology regarding regeneration across a nerve …

Insights into the role and potential of Schwann cells for peripheral nerve repair from studies of development and injury

A Balakrishnan, L Belfiore, TH Chu… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral nerve injuries arising from trauma or disease can lead to sensory and motor
deficits and neuropathic pain. Despite the purported ability of the peripheral nerve to self …

Lessons from injury: How nerve injury studies reveal basic biological mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities for peripheral nerve diseases

P Arthur-Farraj, MP Coleman - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Since Waller and Cajal in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, laboratory
traumatic peripheral nerve injury studies have provided great insight into cellular and …

Inhibition of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase by paeoniflorin attenuates neuroinflammation and ameliorates neuropathic pain

D Zhou, S Zhang, L Hu, YF Gu, Y Cai, D Wu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Neuropathic pain is a serious clinical problem that needs to be solved urgently.
ASK1 is an upstream protein of p38 and JNK which plays important roles in …