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ReviewExpert opinion on therapeutic targets2023

Advances in molecular therapies for targeting pathophysiology in spinal cord injury.

Ha Neui Kim, Madeline R McCrea, Shuxin Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Microglia and programmed cell death in spinal cord injury: beyond apoptosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  19. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ha Neui KimShriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Department of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Madeline R McCreaShriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Department of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shuxin LiShriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center, Department of Neural Sciences, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Temple University Hospital · US

Funding

Bioengineering of highly effective AAV vectors for noninvasive gene delivery to the nervous systemR01NS122813 · NINDS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI SHUXIN LI · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
Develop a combinatorial therapy for spinal cord injuryR01NS105961 · NINDS · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI LI, SHUXIN, ZOU, YIMIN · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
VRC: Develop regenerative therapies for neurological vision lossR01EY033652 · NEI · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · PI LI, SHUXIN · 2021 to 2023
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033652NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105961NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSpinal cord injury (SCI) affects 25,000-50,000 people around the world each year and there is no cure for SCI patients currently. The primary injury damages spinal cord tissues and secondary injury mechanisms, including ischemia, apoptosis, inflammation, and astrogliosis, further exacerbate the lesions to the spinal cord. Recently, researchers have designed various therapeutic approaches for SCI by targeting its major cellular or molecular pathophysiology. AREAS COVERED: Some strategies have shown promise in repairing injured spinal cord for functional recoveries, such as administering neuroprotective reagents, targeting specific genes to promote robust axon regeneration of disconnected spinal fiber tracts, targeting epigenetic factors to enhance cell survival and neural repair, and facilitating neuronal relay pathways and neuroplasticity for restoration of function after SCI. This review focuses on the major advances in preclinical molecular therapies for SCI reported in recent years. EXPERT OPINION: Recent progress in developing novel and effective repairing strategies for SCI is encouraging, but many challenges remain for future design of effective treatments, including developing highly effective neuroprotectants for early interventions, stimulating robust neuronal regeneration with functional synaptic reconnections among disconnected neurons, maximizing the recovery of lost neural functions with combination strategies, and translating the most promising therapies into human use.

Indexed as

AxonsSpinal Cord InjuriesHumansNerve RegenerationNeuronscell deathfunctional recoveryneural repairneuronal regenerationneuroprotectionSpinal cord injurytreatment

Identifiers

PMID37017093
PMCPMC10148912
OpenAlexW4362601659

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Registered trials

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