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ArticleNeural regeneration research2015

Nogo-A expression dynamically varies after spinal cord injury.

Jian-Wei Wang, Jun-Feng Yang, Yong Ma, Zhen Hua, Yang Guo, Xiao-Lin Gu, Ya-Feng Zhang

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jian-Wei WangWuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jun-Feng YangWuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Yong MaNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zhen HuaNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Yang GuoWuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Xiao-Lin GuNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Ya-Feng ZhangWuxi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism involved in neural regeneration after spinal cord injury is unclear. The myelin-derived protein Nogo-A, which is specific to the central nervous system, has been identified to negatively affect the cytoskeleton and growth program of axotomized neurons. Studies have shown that Nogo-A exerts immediate and chronic inhibitory effects on neurite outgrowth. In vivo, inhibitors of Nogo-A have been shown to lead to a marked enhancement of regenerative axon extension. We established a spinal cord injury model in rats using a free-falling weight drop device to subsequently investigate Nogo-A expression. Nogo-A mRNA and protein expression and immunoreactivity were detected in spinal cord tissue using real-time quantitative PCR, immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis. At 24 hours after spinal cord injury, Nogo-A protein and mRNA expression was low in the injured group compared with control and sham-operated groups. The levels then continued to drop further and were at their lowest at 3 days, rapidly rose to a peak after 7 days, and then gradually declined again after 14 days. These changes were observed at both the mRNA and protein level. The transient decrease observed early after injury followed by high levels for a few days indicates Nogo-A expression is time dependent. This may contribute to the lack of regeneration in the central nervous system after spinal cord injury. The dynamic variation of Nogo-A should be taken into account in the treatment of spinal cord injury.

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axon growthcontusionfluorescent quantitative PCRimmunohistochemistrynerve regenerationneural regenerationNogo-Aspinal cord injury

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