Peripheral nerve injury, scarring, and recovery

ML Wang, M Rivlin, JG Graham… - Connective tissue …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) resulting from trauma can be severe and permanently
debilitating. Despite the armamentarium of meticulous microsurgical repair techniques that …

Transforming growth factor-β receptors: versatile mechanisms of ligand activation

ZJ Chia, Y Cao, PJ Little, D Kamato - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling is initiated by activation of transmembrane
TGF-β receptors (TGFBR), which deploys Smad2/3 transcription factors to control cellular …

A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 50 genetic loci associated with carpal tunnel syndrome

AT Skuladottir, G Bjornsdottir, E Ferkingstad… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy and has a
largely unknown underlying biology. In a genome-wide association study of CTS (48,843 …

Systemic inflammatory markers in neuropathic pain, nerve injury, and recovery

O Sandy-Hindmarch, DL Bennett, A Wiberg, D Furniss… - Pain, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The role that inflammation plays in human nerve injury and neuropathic pain is incompletely
understood. Previous studies highlight the role of inflammation in the generation and …

Administration of purified exosome product in a rat sciatic serve reverse autograft model

A Ikumi, A Gingery, Y Toyoshima, C Zhao… - Plastic and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: The nerve autograft remains the gold standard when reconstructing peripheral
nerve defects. However, although autograft repair can result in useful functional recovery …

ERK1/2 drives IL-1β-induced expression of TGF-β1 and BMP-2 in torn tendons

W Morita, SJB Snelling, K Wheway, B Watkins… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Diseased and injured tendons develop fibrosis, driven by factors including TGF-β, BMPs and
CTGF. IL-1β and its signal transducer Erk1/2 are known to regulate TGF-β expression in …

Clinical evidence and mechanisms of growth factors in idiopathic and diabetes-induced carpal tunnel syndrome

D Sharma, AS Jaggi, A Bali - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy caused by compression and
irritation of the median nerve, which travels through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Increased …

Association between hormone replacement therapy and carpal tunnel syndrome: a nationwide population-based study

HC Tang, YY Cheng, HR Guo - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compressive focal
mononeuropathy, and the increased incidence in postmenopausal and pregnant women …

Blocking CTGF/CCN2 reverses neural fibrosis and sensorimotor declines in a rat model of overuse‐induced median mononeuropathy

MF Barbe, BA Hilliard, M Amin… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Encapsulation of median nerves is a hallmark of overuse‐induced median mononeuropathy
and contributes to functional declines. We tested if an antibody against CTGF/CCN2 (termed …

Blocking fibrotic signaling in fibroblasts from patients with carpal tunnel syndrome

Y Yamanaka, A Gingery, G Oki, TH Yang… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrosis of the subsynovial connective tissue (SSCT) in carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
patients is increasingly recognized as an important aspect of CTS pathophysiology. In this …