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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2018

Spinal Progenitor-Laden Bridges Support Earlier Axon Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury.

Courtney M Dumont, Mary K Munsell, Mitchell A Carlson, Brian J Cummings, Aileen J Anderson, Lonnie D Shea

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Courtney M Dumont1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mary K Munsell1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mitchell A Carlson1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Brian J Cummings2 Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (iMIND), University of California , Irvine, California.
Aileen J Anderson2 Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (iMIND), University of California , Irvine, California.
Lonnie D Shea1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

impact statementSpinal cord injury (SCI) results in loss of tissue innervation below the injury. Spinal progenitors have a greater ability to repair the damage and can be injected into the injury, but their regenerative potential is hampered by their poor survival after transplantation. Biomaterials can create a cell delivery platform and generate a more hospitable microenvironment for the progenitors within the injury. In this work, polymeric bridges are used to deliver embryonic spinal progenitors to the injury, resulting in increased progenitor survival and subsequent regeneration and functional recovery, thus demonstrating the importance of combined therapeutic approaches for SCI.

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RegenerationStem Cell TransplantationAllograftsAnimalsAxonsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicNeural Stem CellsSpinal Cord Injuriesenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent Proteinsaxon elongationbiomaterialspinal cord injuryspinal progenitor cells

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PMID30215293
PMCPMC6238608

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