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ReviewThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics2017

Mitochondrial-Based Therapeutics for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury: Mitochondrial Biogenesis as a Potential Pharmacological Target.

Natalie E Scholpa, Rick G Schnellmann

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Review in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Mitochondrial-targeted therapies in traumatic brain injury: From bench to bedside.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  15. 5-HTFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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  16. Immediate administration of hTERT-MSCs-IDO1-EVs reduces hypoalbuminemia after spinal cord injury.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalie E ScholpaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (N.E.S., R.G.S.); and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona (R.G.S.).
Rick G SchnellmannDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (N.E.S., R.G.S.); and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona (R.G.S.) schnell@pharmacy.arizona.edu.
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System · US

Funding

Mitochondrial Biogenesis Promotes Recovery From Oxidant InjuryR01GM084147 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI SCHNELLMANN, RICK G · 2008 to 2016
$2.4M
5-HT Stimulation of Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Acute Kidney InjuryI01BX000851 · VA · SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM · PI SCHNELLMANN, RICK G · 2011 to 2025
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BLRD VA I01 BX000851NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by an initial trauma followed by a progressive cascade of damage referred to as secondary injury. A hallmark of secondary injury is vascular disruption leading to vasoconstriction and decreased oxygen delivery, which directly reduces the ability of mitochondria to maintain homeostasis and leads to loss of ATP-dependent cellular functions, calcium overload, excitotoxicity, and oxidative stress, further exacerbating injury. Restoration of mitochondria dysfunction during the acute phases of secondary injury after SCI represents a potentially effective therapeutic strategy. This review discusses the past and present pharmacological options for the treatment of SCI as well as current research on mitochondria-targeted approaches. Increased antioxidant activity, inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition, alternate energy sources, and manipulation of mitochondrial morphology are among the strategies under investigation. Unfortunately, many of these tactics address single aspects of mitochondrial dysfunction, ultimately proving largely ineffective. Therefore, this review also examines the unexplored therapeutic efficacy of pharmacological enhancement of mitochondrial biogenesis, which has the potential to more comprehensively improve mitochondrial function after SCI.

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Organelle BiogenesisAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsHumansMitochondriaSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsSpinal Cord InjuriesTreatment OutcomeAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID28935700
PMCPMC5676296
OpenAlexW2760636051

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