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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Analysis of FK506-mediated functional recovery and neuroprotection in a rat model of spinal cord injury indicates that EGF is modulated in astrocytes.

Jun Cai, Yu Sun, Zaoyang Yin, Daode Wang, Kun Shi, Yuxuan Fu, Xiaojian Cao, Yingbin Ge

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jun CaiDepartment of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
Yu SunDepartment of Orthopedics, Subei People's Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
Zaoyang YinDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Daode WangDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Kun ShiDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Yuxuan FuDepartment of Physiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Xiaojian CaoDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Yingbin GeDepartment of Physiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CNYangzhou University · CN

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Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate whether the application of tacrolimus (FK506) could improve functional recovery in spinal cord injury (SCI) rat models by activating astrocytes, and to further investigate the underlying mechanisms of this action. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=56) were used to establish moderate SCI models, which were induced at the T10 spinal segment by dropping a 10-g weight from a height of 25 mm using a New York University Impactor device. The rats were randomly separated into the FK506 or control group (n=28 per group). Rats were treated with FK506 (0.5 mg/kg) or saline intravenously 30 min after sustaining the injury. Functional recovery was evaluated over 42 days following the injury, and epidermal growth factor (EGF) levels were detected. The astrocytes were treated with FK506

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astrocytesFK506functional recoveryneurite outgrowthspinal cord injury

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