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ArticleSpinal cord2018

Time-dependent changes in paw carrageenan-induced inflammation above and below the level of low thoracic spinal cord injury in rats.

Arianna Rodríguez-Cal Y Mayor, Leticia Cruz-Antonio, Gilberto Castañeda-Hernández, Liliana Favari-Perozzi, Gabriel Guízar-Sahagún

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Article in Spinal cord, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Arianna Rodríguez-Cal Y MayorDepartament of Pharmacology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Leticia Cruz-AntonioDepartament of Pharmacy, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gilberto Castañeda-HernándezDepartament of Pharmacology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9149-885X
Liliana Favari-PerozziDepartament of Pharmacology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gabriel Guízar-SahagúnResearch Unit for Neurological Diseases, Hospital de Especialidades Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico. guizarg@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-5758
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXGoodyear (United Kingdom) · GBUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designThis was an animal study.

objectivesLocal inflammation is attenuated below high thoracic SCI, where innervation of major lymphoid organs is involved. However, whether inflammatory responses are affected after low thoracic SCI, remains undetermined. The aim of this study was to characterize the influence of low thoracic SCI on carrageenan-induced paw swelling in intact and paralyzed limbs, at acute and subacute stages.

settingUniversity and hospital-based research center, Mexico City, Mexico.

methodsRats received a severe contusive SCI at T9 spinal level or sham injury. Then, 1 and 15 days after lesion, carrageenan or vehicle was subcutaneously injected in forelimb and hindlimb paws. Paw swelling was measured over a 6-h period using a plethysmometer.

resultsSwelling increased progressively reaching the maximum 6 h post-carrageenan injection. Swelling increase in sham-injured rats was approximately 130% and 70% compared with baseline values of forelimbs and hindlimbs, respectively. Paws injected with saline exhibited no measurable swelling. Carrageenan-induced paw swelling 1-day post-SCI was suppressed in both intact and paralyzed limbs. Fifteen days post-injury, the swelling response to carrageenan was completely reestablished in forelimbs, whereas in hindlimbs it remained significantly attenuated compared with sham-injured rats.

conclusionsSCI at low spinal level affects the induced swelling response in a different way depending on both, the neurological status of challenged regions and the stage of injury. These findings suggest that neurological compromise of the main immunological organs is not a prerequisite for the local swelling response to be affected after injury.

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Acute DiseaseAnimalsCarrageenanDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionFemaleForelimbHindlimbInflammationParalysisRandom AllocationRats, Sprague-DawleySpinal Cord InjuriesThoracic VertebraeTime FactorsCarrageenan

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