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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2011

A gene network perspective on axonal regeneration.

Ronald E van Kesteren, Matthew R J Mason, Harold D Macgillavry, August B Smit, Joost Verhaagen

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ronald E van KesterenCenter for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Matthew R J Mason
Harold D Macgillavry
August B Smit
Joost Verhaagen
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NLUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regenerative capacity of injured neurons in the central nervous system is limited due to the absence of a robust neuron-intrinsic injury-induced gene response that supports axon regeneration. In peripheral neurons axotomy induces a large cohort of regeneration-associated genes (RAGs). The forced expression of some of these RAGs in injured neurons has some beneficial effect on axon regeneration, but the reported effects are rather small. Transcription factors (TFs) provide a promising class of RAGs. TFs are hubs in the regeneration-associated gene network, and potentially control the coordinate expression of many RAGs simultaneously. Here we discuss the use of combined experimental and computational methods to identify novel regeneration-associated TFs with a key role in initiating and maintaining the RAG-response in injured neurons. We propose that a relatively small number of hub TFs with multiple functional connections in the RAG network might provide attractive new targets for gene-based and/or pharmacological approaches to promote axon regeneration in the central nervous system.

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axon regenerationgene regulatory networkgene therapysciatic nerve injury

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PMID22125511
PMCPMC3222109
OpenAlexW2114128247

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