Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes: therapeutic opportunities and challenges for spinal cord injury

W Liu, Z Ma, J Li, X Kang - Stem cell research & therapy, 2021 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often leads to serious motor and sensory dysfunction of the limbs
below the injured segment. SCI not only results in physical and psychological harm to …

Mesenchymal stem cells for spinal cord injury: current options, limitations, and future of cell therapy

F Cofano, M Boido, M Monticelli, F Zenga… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) constitutes an inestimable public health issue. The most crucial
phase in the pathophysiological process of SCI concerns the well-known secondary injury …

From basics to clinical: a comprehensive review on spinal cord injury

NA Silva, N Sousa, RL Reis, AJ Salgado - Progress in neurobiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological disorder that affects thousands of
individuals each year. Over the past decades an enormous progress has been made in our …

Cellular prion protein mediates impairment of synaptic plasticity by amyloid-β oligomers

J Laurén, DA Gimbel, HB Nygaard, JW Gilbert… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
A pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease is an accumulation of insoluble plaque
containing the amyloid-β peptide of 40–42 amino acid residues. Prefibrillar, soluble …

Neurotrophins and their receptors: a convergence point for many signalling pathways

MV Chao - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2003 - nature.com
The neurotrophins are a family of proteins that are essential for the development of the
vertebrate nervous system. Each neurotrophin can signal through two different types of cell …

Glial inhibition of CNS axon regeneration

G Yiu, Z He - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
Damage to the adult CNS often leads to persistent deficits due to the inability of mature
axons to regenerate after injury. Mounting evidence suggests that the glial environment of …

Neural tissue engineering: strategies for repair and regeneration

CE Schmidt, JB Leach - Annual review of biomedical …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Nerve regeneration is a complex biological phenomenon. In the peripheral
nervous system, nerves can regenerate on their own if injuries are small. Larger injuries …

Current status of acute spinal cord injury pathophysiology and emerging therapies: promise on the horizon

JW Rowland, GWJ Hawryluk, B Kwon, MG Fehlings - Neurosurgical focus, 2008 - thejns.org
This review summarizes the current understanding of spinal cord injury pathophysiology and
discusses important emerging regenerative approaches that have been translated into …

NgR1 and NgR3 are receptors for chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans

TL Dickendesher, KT Baldwin, YA Mironova… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
In the adult mammalian CNS, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) and myelin-
associated inhibitors (MAIs) stabilize neuronal structure and restrict compensatory sprouting …

Sortilin-mediated endocytosis determines levels of the frontotemporal dementia protein, progranulin

F Hu, T Padukkavidana, CB Vægter, OA Brady… - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
The most common inherited form of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) known
stems from Progranulin (GRN) mutation and exhibits TDP-43 plus ubiquitin aggregates …