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ArticleAging cell2022

The age factor in optic nerve regeneration: Intrinsic and extrinsic barriers hinder successful recovery in the short-living killifish.

Sophie Vanhunsel, Steven Bergmans, An Beckers, Isabelle Etienne, Tine Van Bergen, Lies De Groef, Lieve Moons

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Article in Aging cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sophie VanhunselNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1664-4292
Steven BergmansNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
An BeckersNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Isabelle EtienneOxurion NV, Heverlee, Belgium.
Tine Van BergenOxurion NV, Heverlee, Belgium.
Lies De GroefNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lieve MoonsNeural Circuit Development and Regeneration Research Group, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEOxurion (Belgium) · BEVIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the mammalian central nervous system matures, its regenerative ability decreases, leading to incomplete or non-recovery from the neurodegenerative diseases and central nervous system insults that we are increasingly facing in our aging world population. Current neuroregenerative research is largely directed toward identifying the molecular and cellular players that underlie central nervous system repair, yet it repeatedly ignores the aging context in which many of these diseases appear. Using an optic nerve crush model in a novel biogerontology model, that is, the short-living African turquoise killifish, the impact of aging on injury-induced optic nerve repair was investigated. This work reveals an age-related decline in axonal regeneration in female killifish, with different phases of the repair process being affected depending on the age. Interestingly, as in mammals, both a reduced intrinsic growth potential and a non-supportive cellular environment seem to lie at the basis of this impairment. Overall, we introduce the killifish visual system and its age-dependent regenerative ability as a model to identify new targets for neurorepair in non-regenerating individuals, thereby also considering the effects of aging on neurorepair.

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Age FactorsAnimalsFundulidaeNerve RegenerationOptic NerveAfrican turquoise killifishagingaxonal regenerationcentral nervous systemoptic nerve crushshort lifespan

Identifiers

PMID34927348
PMCPMC8761009
OpenAlexW4200437056

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