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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2022

N6-methyladenosine modification: A potential regulatory mechanism in spinal cord injury.

Derong Liu, Baoyou Fan, Jinze Li, Tao Sun, Jun Ma, Xianhu Zhou, Shiqing Feng

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Transcriptomics Insights into Spinal Cord Injury for Therapy Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets for Spinal Cord Injury: GRN Gene.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
    Article
  4. The Role of Methylation Modification in Neural Injury and Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Derong LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Baoyou FanDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jinze LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tao SunDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jun MaDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xianhu ZhouThe Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Shiqing FengDepartment of Orthopedics, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CNNingbo University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (m6A), an essential post-transcriptional modification in eukaryotes, is closely related to the development of pathological processes in neurological diseases. Notably, spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious traumatic disease of the central nervous system, with a complex pathological mechanism which is still not completely understood. Recent studies have found that m6A modification levels are changed after SCI, and m6A-related regulators are involved in the changes of the local spinal cord microenvironment after injury. However, research on the role of m6A modification in SCI is still in the early stages. This review discusses the latest progress in the dynamic regulation of m6A modification, including methyltransferases ("writers"), demethylases ("erasers") and m6A -binding proteins ("readers"). And then analyses the pathological mechanism relationship between m6A and the microenvironment after SCI. The biological processes involved included cell death, axon regeneration, and scar formation, which provides new insight for future research on the role of m6A modification in SCI and the clinical transformation of strategies for promoting recovery of spinal cord function.

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epigeneticsN6-methyladenosine (m6A)nervous systempost-transcriptional modificationspinal cord injury (SCI)

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PMID36212687
PMCPMC9539101
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