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 …

Designing degradable hydrogels for orthogonal control of cell microenvironments

PM Kharkar, KL Kiick, AM Kloxin - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Degradable and cell-compatible hydrogels can be designed to mimic the physical and
biochemical characteristics of native extracellular matrices and provide tunability of …

Photo-inspired antibacterial activity and wound healing acceleration by hydrogel embedded with Ag/Ag@ AgCl/ZnO nanostructures

C Mao, Y **ang, X Liu, Z Cui, X Yang, KWK Yeung… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ag/Ag@ AgCl/ZnO hybrid nanostructures are embedded in a hydrogel by a simple two-step
technique. The Ag/Ag@ AgCl nanostructures are assembled in the hydrogel via ultraviolet …

Injectable alginate hydrogels for cell delivery in tissue engineering

SJ Bidarra, CC Barrias, PL Granja - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Alginate hydrogels are extremely versatile and adaptable biomaterials, with great potential
for use in biomedical applications. Their extracellular matrix-like features have been key …

Regenerative therapies for spinal cord injury

N Ashammakhi, HJ Kim, A Ehsanipour… - … Engineering Part B …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious problem that primarily affects younger and middle-aged
adults at its onset. To date, no effective regenerative treatment has been developed. Over …

[HTML][HTML] Injectable thermoresponsive hydrogels as drug delivery system for the treatment of central nervous system disorders: A review

E Bellotti, AL Schilling, SR Little, P Decuzzi - Journal of controlled release, 2021 - Elsevier
The central nervous system (CNS), consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and retina,
superintends to the acquisition, integration and processing of peripheral information to …

Applications of chitosan-based biomaterials: From preparation to spinal cord injury neuroprosthetic treatment

W **ang, H Cao, H Tao, L **, Y Luo, F Tao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury (SCI)-related disabilities are a serious problem in the modern society.
Further, the treatment of SCI is highly challenging and is urgently required in clinical …

Minimally invasive and regenerative therapeutics

N Ashammakhi, S Ahadian, MA Darabi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in biomaterial synthesis and fabrication, stem cell biology, bioimaging,
microsurgery procedures, and microscale technologies have made minimally invasive …

Selective modulation of A1 astrocytes by drug-loaded nano-structured gel in spinal cord injury

I Vismara, S Papa, V Veneruso, E Mauri, A Mariani… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Astrogliosis has a very dynamic response during the progression of spinal cord injury, with
beneficial or detrimental effects on recovery. It is therefore important to develop strategies to …

Current options for cell therapy in spinal cord injury

I Vismara, S Papa, F Rossi, G Forloni… - Trends in molecular …, 2017 - cell.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex pathology that evolves after primary acute mechanical
injury, causing further damage to the spinal cord tissue that exacerbates clinical outcomes …