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ArticleNeurotoxicity research2021

Valproic Acid Labeled Chitosan Nanoparticles Promote the Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells After Spinal Cord Injury.

Dimin Wang, Kai Wang, Zhenlei Liu, Zonglin Wang, Hao Wu

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Article in Neurotoxicity research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pharmacological and Biological Efficacy of Chitosan-Based Materials.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss and Drug Interactions.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  6. Rosiglitazone Ameliorates Spinal Cord InjuryOxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dimin WangSchool of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Kai WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zhenlei LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Zonglin WangCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Hao WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. wuhao003@126.com.
Capital Medical University · CNSecond Military Medical University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality KZ201910025028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan nanoparticles and valproic acid are demonstrated as the protective agents in the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the effects of valproic acid-labeled chitosan nanoparticles (VA-CN) on endogenous spinal cord neural stem cells (NSCs) following SCI and the underlying mechanisms involved remain to be elucidated. In this study, the VA-CN was constructed and the effects of VA-CN on NSCs were assessed in a rat model of SCI. We found VA-CN treatment promoted recovery of the tissue and locomotive function following SCI. Moreover, administration of VA-CN significantly enhanced neural stem cell proliferation and the expression levels of neurotrophic factors following SCI. Furthermore, administration of VA-CN led to a decrease in the number of microglia following SCI. In addition, VA-CN treatment significantly increased the Tuj 1- positive cells in the spinal cord of the SCI rats, suggesting that VA-CN could enhance the differentiation of NSCs following SCI. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that VA-CN could improve the functional and histological recovery through promoting the proliferation and differentiation of NSCs following SCI, which would provide a newly potential therapeutic manner for the treatment of SCI.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationChitosanLocomotionMaleNanoparticlesNeural Stem CellsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpinal Cord InjuriesValproic AcidChitosanValproic AcidDifferentiationNeural stem cellsNeurotrophic factorsProliferationSpinal cord injuryValproic acid labeled chitosan nanoparticles

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PMID33247828
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