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ReviewNeural regeneration research2019

Role of axon resealing in retrograde neuronal death and regeneration after spinal cord injury.

William Rodemer, Michael E Selzer

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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  12. Time course analysis of sensory axon regenerationNeural regeneration research · 2020
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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.

William RodemerShriners Hospital Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation), Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael E SelzerShriners Hospital Pediatric Research Center (Center for Neural Repair and Rehabilitation); Department of Neurology, the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shriners Hospitals for Children - Philadelphia · US

Funding

Role of Local Protein Synthesis in CNS Axon RegenerationR01NS097846 · NINDS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI SELZER, MICHAEL EDGAR · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
CSPG-induced retrograde cell death and inhibition of regeneration after SCIR01NS092876 · NINDS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI SELZER, MICHAEL EDGAR · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092876NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury leads to persistent behavioral deficits because mammalian central nervous system axons fail to regenerate. A neuron's response to axon injury results from a complex interplay of neuron-intrinsic and environmental factors. The contribution of axotomy to the death of neurons in spinal cord injury is controversial because very remote axotomy is unlikely to result in neuronal death, whereas death of neurons near an injury may reflect environmental factors such as ischemia and inflammation. In lampreys, axotomy due to spinal cord injury results in delayed apoptosis of spinal-projecting neurons in the brain, beyond the extent of these environmental factors. This retrograde apoptosis correlates with delayed resealing of the axon, and can be reversed by inducing rapid membrane resealing with polyethylene glycol. Studies in mammals also suggest that polyethylene glycol may be neuroprotective, although the mechanism(s) remain unclear. This review examines the early, mechanical, responses to axon injury in both mammals and lampreys, and the potential of polyethylene glycol to reduce injury-induced pathology. Identifying the mechanisms underlying a neuron's response to axotomy will potentially reveal new therapeutic targets to enhance regeneration and functional recovery in humans with spinal cord injury.

Indexed as

axon resealingcalcium signalingmitochondrial dysfunctionPEGregenerationretrograde neuronal deathsea lampreyspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID30539805
PMCPMC6334596
OpenAlexW2905194900

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