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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

The Temporal Pattern, Flux, and Function of Autophagy in Spinal Cord Injury.

Kailiang Zhou, Charles A Sansur, Huazi Xu, Xiaofeng Jia

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kailiang ZhouDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China. zhoukailiang@wmu.edu.cn.
Charles A SansurDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. CSansur@som.umaryland.edu.
Huazi XuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China. spinexu@163.com.
Xiaofeng JiaDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China. xjia@som.umaryland.edu.

Funding

Brain Monitoring and Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac ArrestR01HL118084 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI JIA, XIAOFENG · 2013 to 2018
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118084
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have indicated that autophagy plays a critical role in spinal cord injury (SCI), including traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and ischemia-reperfusion spinal cord injury (IRSCI). However, while the understanding of mechanisms underlying autophagy in SCI has progressed, there remain several controversial points: (1) temporal pattern results of autophagic activation after SCI are not consistent across studies; (2) effect of accumulation of autophagosomes due to the blockade or enhancement of autophagic flux is uncertain; (3) overall effect of enhanced autophagy remains undefined, with both beneficial and detrimental outcomes reported in SCI literature. In this review, the temporal pattern of autophagic activation, autophagic flux, autophagic cell death, relationship between autophagy and apoptosis, and pharmacological intervention of autophagy in TSCI (contusion injury, compression injury and hemisection injury) and IRSCI are discussed. Types of SCI and severity appear to contribute to differences in outcomes regarding temporal pattern, flux, and function of autophagy. With future development of specific strategies on autophagy intervention, autophagy may play an important role in improving functional recovery in patients with SCI.

Indexed as

AutophagyApoptosisBiomarkersCell DeathLysosomesPhagosomesSpinal Cord InjuriesBiomarkersautophagyfluxfunctionischemia-reperfusion spinal cord injurytemporal patterntraumatic spinal cord injury

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PMID28230791
PMCPMC5343998

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