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ReviewNeuron2016

In Vivo Reprogramming for CNS Repair: Regenerating Neurons from Endogenous Glial Cells.

Hedong Li, Gong Chen

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Review in Neuron, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Hedong LiDepartment of Biology, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: hul40@psu.edu.
Gong ChenDepartment of Biology, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: gongchen@psu.edu.

Funding

GABAergic Synapse Assembly: Extrasynaptic GABAAR TargetingR01MH083911 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CHEN, GONG · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Converting Alzheimer's reactive astrocytes into functional neuronsR01AG045656 · NIA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CHEN, GONG · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG045656NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH083911
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroregeneration in the CNS has proven to be difficult despite decades of research. The old dogma that CNS neurons cannot be regenerated in the adult mammalian brain has been overturned; however, endogenous adult neurogenesis appears to be insufficient for brain repair. Stem cell therapy once held promise for generating large quantities of neurons in the CNS, but immunorejection and long-term functional integration remain major hurdles. In this Perspective, we discuss the use of in vivo reprogramming as an emerging technology to regenerate functional neurons from endogenous glial cells inside the brain and spinal cord. Besides the CNS, in vivo reprogramming has been demonstrated successfully in the pancreas, heart, and liver and may be adopted in other organs. Although challenges remain for translating this technology into clinical therapies, we anticipate that in vivo reprogramming may revolutionize regenerative medicine by using a patient's own internal cells for tissue repair.

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AnimalsBrainHumansNerve RegenerationNeurogliaSpinal Cord

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PMID27537482
PMCPMC5466364

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