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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2015

What makes a RAG regeneration associated?

Thong C Ma, Dianna E Willis

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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71 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Regional Molecular Diversity in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026
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  6. miR-146a is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Motor Neuron Degeneration.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. The peripheral Atf3Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2025
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  11. Single-Nuclei Sequencing Reveals a Robust Corticospinal Response to Nearby Axotomy But Overall Insensitivity to Spinal Injury.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  15. Three-dimensional chromatin mapping of sensory neurons reveals that promoter-enhancer looping is required for axonal regeneration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  17. Injury distance limits the transcriptional response to spinal injury.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Thong C MaDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University New York, NY, USA.
Dianna E WillisBrain Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College New York, NY, USA ; Burke-Cornell Medical Research Institute White Plains, NY, USA.

Funding

Axonal Transport and Local Translation in Neuropathic PainR00NR010797 · NINR · WINIFRED MASTERSON BURKE MED RES INST · PI WILLIS, DIANNA E. · 2010 to 2012
$733k
NINR NIH HHS R00 NR010797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regenerative failure remains a significant barrier for functional recovery after central nervous system (CNS) injury. As such, understanding the physiological processes that regulate axon regeneration is a central focus of regenerative medicine. Studying the gene transcription responses to axon injury of regeneration competent neurons, such as those of the peripheral nervous system (PNS), has provided insight into the genes associated with regeneration. Though several individual "regeneration-associated genes" (RAGs) have been identified from these studies, the response to injury likely regulates the expression of functionally coordinated and complementary gene groups. For instance, successful regeneration would require the induction of genes that drive the intrinsic growth capacity of neurons, while simultaneously downregulating the genes that convey environmental inhibitory cues. Thus, this view emphasizes the transcriptional regulation of gene "programs" that contribute to the overall goal of axonal regeneration. Here, we review the known RAGs, focusing on how their transcriptional regulation can reveal the underlying gene programs that drive a regenerative phenotype. Finally, we will discuss paradigms under which we can determine whether these genes are injury-associated, or indeed necessary for regeneration.

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cyclic AMPinjury conditioningregenerationregeneration associated genestranscription factors

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PMID26300725
PMCPMC4528284

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