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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

The role of immune cells and associated immunological factors in the immune response to spinal cord injury.

Huaguo Tang, Yuanjie Gu, Lei Jiang, Gang Zheng, Zhuoer Pan, Xiugui Jiang

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huaguo TangDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing, China.
Yuanjie GuDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing, China.
Lei JiangDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing, China.
Gang ZhengDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Central Hospital Affiliated to Shaoxing University, Jiaxing, China.
Zhuoer PanDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing, China.
Xiugui JiangDepartment of Hand and Foot Surgery, Zhejiang Rongjun Hospital, Jiaxing, China.
Shaoxing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological condition prevalent worldwide. Where the pathological mechanisms underlying SCI are concerned, we can distinguish between primary injury caused by initial mechanical damage and secondary injury characterized by a series of biological responses, such as vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, neurotransmitter toxicity, lipid peroxidation, and immune-inflammatory response. Secondary injury causes further tissue loss and dysfunction, and the immune response appears to be the key molecular mechanism affecting injured tissue regeneration and functional recovery from SCI. Immune response after SCI involves the activation of different immune cells and the production of immunity-associated chemicals. With the development of new biological technologies, such as transcriptomics, the heterogeneity of immune cells and chemicals can be classified with greater precision. In this review, we focus on the current understanding of the heterogeneity of these immune components and the roles they play in SCI, including reactive astrogliosis and glial scar formation, neutrophil migration, macrophage transformation, resident microglia activation and proliferation, and the humoral immunity mediated by T and B cells. We also summarize findings from clinical trials of immunomodulatory therapies for SCI and briefly review promising therapeutic drugs currently being researched.

Indexed as

Nervous System DiseasesSpinal Cord InjuriesHumansImmunityImmunologic FactorsMacrophagesImmunologic Factorsimmune cellsimmune cytokinesimmune responsespinal cord injurytherapeutic targets

Identifiers

PMID36685599
PMCPMC9849245
OpenAlexW4313500020

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