ReviewFrontiers in neurology2016
Understanding the NG2 Glial Scar after Spinal Cord Injury.
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- NG2 Glia and Cellular Crosstalk in Health and Disease: Focus on Spinal Cord Injury.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Review
- Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Promotes Spinal Cord Injury Recovery by Regulating Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- Loss of function of Noggin inhibits glial scar formation and motor function recovery after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2026Article
- Aminophosphonate-Derived Lipid Nanoparticles Enable Circular RNA Delivery for Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury.Materials today (Kidlington, England) · 2025Article
- Glial Cytokine and Metabolic Networks in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: From Pathophysiology to Biomarkers and Therapeutic Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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- Bibliometric analysis of the inflammation expression after spinal cord injury: current research status and emerging frontiers.Spinal cord · 2024Review
- Dissecting glial scar formation by spatial point pattern and topological data analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Heterogeneous fibroblasts contribute to fibrotic scar formation after spinal cord injury in mice and monkeys.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Myeloid Cell Association with Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain and Depressive-like Behaviors in LysM-eGFP Mice.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Effects of Moleac 901 after severe spinal cord injury on chronic phase in Wistar rats.Heliyon · 2024Article
- α-Gal Nanoparticles in CNS Trauma: II. Immunomodulation Following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Improves Functional Outcomes.Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2024Article
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- Nerve-Glial antigen 2: unmasking the enigmatic cellular identity in the central nervous system.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Use of Cells, Supplements, and Peptides as Therapeutic Strategies for Modulating Inflammation after Spinal Cord Injury: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Single-cell analysis reveals region-heterogeneous responses in rhesus monkey spinal cord with complete injury.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Understanding the Role of the Glial Scar through the Depletion of Glial Cells after Spinal Cord Injury.Cells · 2023Review
- Spinal cord injury: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023Review
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- Current Advancements in Spinal Cord Injury Research-Glial Scar Formation and Neural Regeneration.Cells · 2023Review
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Abstract
NG2 cells, also known as oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, are located throughout the central nervous system and serve as a pool of progenitors to differentiate into oligodendrocytes. In response to spinal cord injury (SCI), NG2 cells increase their proliferation and differentiation into remyelinating oligodendrocytes. While astrocytes are typically associated with being the major cell type in the glial scar, many NG2 cells also accumulate within the glial scar but their function remains poorly understood. Similar to astrocytes, these cells hypertrophy, upregulate expression of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, inhibit axon regeneration, contribute to the glial-fibrotic scar border, and some even differentiate into astrocytes. Whether NG2 cells also have a role in other astrocyte functions, such as preventing the spread of infiltrating leukocytes and expression of inflammatory cytokines, is not yet known. Thus, NG2 cells are not only important for remyelination after SCI but are also a major component of the glial scar with functions that overlap with astrocytes in this region. In this review, we describe the signaling pathways important for the proliferation and differentiation of NG2 cells, as well as the role of NG2 cells in scar formation and tissue repair.
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