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ArticleNeural regeneration research2018

Efficacy of chitosan and sodium alginate scaffolds for repair of spinal cord injury in rats.

Zi-Ang Yao, Feng-Jia Chen, Hong-Li Cui, Tong Lin, Na Guo, Hai-Ge Wu

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Alginate scaffolds improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022
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  2. Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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  12. Polymeric Fibers as Scaffolds for Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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  20. Multifunctionalized hydrogels foster hNSC maturation in 3D cultures and neural regeneration in spinal cord injuries.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Zi-Ang YaoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Feng-Jia ChenSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Hong-Li CuiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Tong LinSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Na GuoSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.
Hai-Ge WuSchool of Life Science and Technology, Dalian University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury results in the loss of motor and sensory pathways and spontaneous regeneration of adult mammalian spinal cord neurons is limited. Chitosan and sodium alginate have good biocompatibility, biodegradability, and are suitable to assist the recovery of damaged tissues, such as skin, bone and nerve. Chitosan scaffolds, sodium alginate scaffolds and chitosan-sodium alginate scaffolds were separately transplanted into rats with spinal cord hemisection. Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan locomotor rating scale scores and electrophysiological results showed that chitosan scaffolds promoted recovery of locomotor capacity and nerve transduction of the experimental rats. Sixty days after surgery, chitosan scaffolds retained the original shape of the spinal cord. Compared with sodium alginate scaffolds- and chitosan-sodium alginate scaffolds-transplanted rats, more neurofilament-H-immunoreactive cells (regenerating nerve fibers) and less glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactive cells (astrocytic scar tissue) were observed at the injury site of experimental rats in chitosan scaffold-transplanted rats. Due to the fast degradation rate of sodium alginate, sodium alginate scaffolds and composite material scaffolds did not have a supporting and bridging effect on the damaged tissue. Above all, compared with sodium alginate and composite material scaffolds, chitosan had better biocompatibility, could promote the regeneration of nerve fibers and prevent the formation of scar tissue, and as such, is more suitable to help the repair of spinal cord injury.

Indexed as

chitosanfunctional recoveryglial fibrillary acidic proteinlocomotor capacitynerve regenerationneural regenerationneurofilament-Hscaffoldscar tissuesodium alginatespinal cord injury

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PMID29623937
PMCPMC5900515

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