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 …

Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies

A Verkhratsky, A Butt, B Li, P Illes, R Zorec… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Astroglia are a broad class of neural parenchymal cells primarily dedicated to homoeostasis
and defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Astroglia contribute to the …

Regulation of axonal regeneration after mammalian spinal cord injury

B Zheng, MH Tuszynski - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
One hundred years ago, Ramón y Cajal, considered by many as the founder of modern
neuroscience, stated that neurons of the adult central nervous system (CNS) are incapable …

The PI3K/AKT signalling pathway in inflammation, cell death and glial scar formation after traumatic spinal cord injury: Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

X He, Y Li, B Deng, A Lin, G Zhang, M Ma… - Cell …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objects Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) causes neurological dysfunction below
the injured segment of the spinal cord, which significantly impacts the quality of life in …

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 …

Astrocyte crosstalk in CNS inflammation

M Linnerbauer, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Astrocytes control multiple processes in the nervous system in health and disease. It is now
clear that specific astrocyte subsets or activation states are associated with specific genomic …

Astrocyte reactivity: subtypes, states, and functions in CNS innate immunity

MV Sofroniew - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Astrocytes are neural parenchymal cells that ubiquitously tile the central nervous system
(CNS). In addition to playing essential roles in healthy tissue, astrocytes exhibit an …

[HTML][HTML] Derivation and transcriptional reprogramming of border-forming wound repair astrocytes after spinal cord injury or stroke in mice

TM O'Shea, Y Ao, S Wang, Y Ren, AL Cheng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Central nervous system (CNS) lesions become surrounded by neuroprotective borders of
newly proliferated reactive astrocytes; however, fundamental features of these cells are …

Traumatic spinal cord injury: an overview of pathophysiology, models and acute injury mechanisms

A Alizadeh, SM Dyck, S Karimi-Abdolrezaee - Frontiers in neurology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life changing neurological condition with substantial
socioeconomic implications for patients and their care-givers. Recent advances in medical …

Moving beyond the glial scar for spinal cord repair

EJ Bradbury, ER Burnside - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury results in severe and irreversible loss of function. The injury
triggers a complex cascade of inflammatory and pathological processes, culminating in …