Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Weihong Ge
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-69334 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Duan Hongmei H Ge Weihong W Zhang Aifeng A Xi Yue Y Chen Zhihua Z Luo Dandan D Cheng Yin Y Fan Kevin S KS Horvath Steve S Sofroniew Michael V MV Cheng Liming L Yang Zhaoyang Z Sun Yi E YE Li Xiaoguang X
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20151012 43
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is considered incurable because axonal regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS) is extremely challenging, due to harsh CNS injury environment and weak intrinsic regeneration capability of CNS neurons. We discovered that neurotrophin-3 (NT3)-loaded chitosan provided an excellent microenvironment to facilitate nerve growth, new neurogenesis, and functional recovery of completely transected spinal cord in rats. To acquire mechanistic insight, we conducted a series o ...[more]