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ReviewInternational journal of biological sciences2020

Current Status of Therapeutic Approaches against Peripheral Nerve Injuries: A Detailed Story from Injury to Recovery.

Ghulam Hussain, Jing Wang, Azhar Rasul, Haseeb Anwar, Muhammad Qasim, Shamaila Zafar, Nimra Aziz, Aroona Razzaq, Rashad Hussain, Jose-Luis Gonzalez de Aguilar and 1 more

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Review in International journal of biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
174citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

174 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 299 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Peptide-Incorporated Biomaterials Promote Regeneration of Peripheral Nerve Injuries.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Ghulam HussainNeurochemicalbiology and Genetics Laboratory (NGL), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Jing WangCenter for Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021 China.
Azhar RasulDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Haseeb AnwarNeurochemicalbiology and Genetics Laboratory (NGL), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Muhammad QasimDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Shamaila ZafarNeurochemicalbiology and Genetics Laboratory (NGL), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Nimra AzizNeurochemicalbiology and Genetics Laboratory (NGL), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Aroona RazzaqNeurochemicalbiology and Genetics Laboratory (NGL), Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan.
Rashad HussainDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Translational Neuromedicine (SMD), School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 645, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Jose-Luis Gonzalez de AguilarUniversité de Strasbourg, UMR_S 1118, Strasbourg, France.
Tao SunCenter for Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Biomedical Sciences, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, 361021 China.
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKHuaqiao University · CNUniversity of Faisalabad · PKUniversité de Strasbourg · FRUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral nerve injury is a complex condition with a variety of signs and symptoms such as numbness, tingling, jabbing, throbbing, burning or sharp pain. Peripheral nerves are fragile in nature and can easily get damaged due to acute compression or trauma which may lead to the sensory and motor functions deficits and even lifelong disability. After lesion, the neuronal cell body becomes disconnected from the axon's distal portion to the injury site leading to the axonal degeneration and dismantlement of neuromuscular junctions of targeted muscles. In spite of extensive research on this aspect, complete functional recovery still remains a challenge to be resolved. This review highlights detailed pathophysiological events after an injury to a peripheral nerve and the associated factors that can either hinder or promote the regenerative machinery. In addition, it throws light on the available therapeutic strategies including supporting therapies, surgical and non-surgical interventions to ameliorate the axonal regeneration, neuronal survival, and reinnervation of peripheral targets. Despite the availability of various treatment options, we are still lacking the optimal treatments for a perfect and complete functional regain. The need for the present age is to discover or design such potent compounds that would be able to execute the complete functional retrieval. In this regard, plant-derived compounds are getting more attention and several recent reports validate their remedial effects. A plethora of plants and plant-derived phytochemicals have been suggested with curative effects against a number of diseases in general and neuronal injury in particular. They can be a ray of hope for the suffering individuals.

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AnimalsHumansNerve RegenerationNeuronal PlasticityPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPeripheral NervesRecovery of FunctionNon-surgical interventionPathophysiologyPeripheral Nerve InjuryPlant-derived compoundsSurgical interventions

Identifiers

PMID31892850
PMCPMC6930373
OpenAlexW2992510019

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