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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Transplantation of Neural Stem Cells Loaded in an IGF-1 Bioactive Supramolecular Nanofiber Hydrogel for the Effective Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury.

Peiwen Song, Tianyu Han, Zuomeng Wu, Huang Fang, Yunlei Liu, Wang Ying, Xianwen Wang, Cailiang Shen

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
18.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. RPS3-Enriched Extracellular Vesicles Mediate Liver-Spinal Cord Inter-Organ Communication.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Repurposing of Chemokine Antagonists for Combined Phase-Resolved Spinal Cord Injury Treatment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  14. Extracellular vesicle-based therapeutic strategies for spinal cord injury.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2026
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  17. [Research progress in auxiliary components of nerve conduit for treating peripheral nerve injuries].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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  18. Spinal Cord Injury Remyelination: Pathways to Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peiwen SongDepartment of Orthopedics (Spinal Surgery), Laboratory of Spinal and Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration and Repair, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Tianyu HanDepartment of Orthopedics (Spinal Surgery), Laboratory of Spinal and Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration and Repair, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Zuomeng WuDepartment of Orthopedics (Spinal Surgery), Laboratory of Spinal and Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration and Repair, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Huang FangDepartment of Orthopedics (Spinal Surgery), The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei, 230032, China.
Yunlei LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Wang YingDepartment of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Xianwen WangSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Research and Engineering Center of Biomedical Materials, Anhui Provincial Institute of Translational Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, P. R. China.
Cailiang ShenDepartment of Orthopedics (Spinal Surgery), Laboratory of Spinal and Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration and Repair, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8778-9398
Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

Key Research and Development Project of Anhui Province 2022e07020046National Natural Science Foundation of China 81472088National Natural Science Foundation of China 82372552
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to massive cell death, disruption, and demyelination of axons, resulting in permanent motor and sensory dysfunctions. Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapy for SCI. However, owing to the poor microenvironment that develops following SCI, the bioactivities of these grafted stem cells are limited. Cell implantation combined with biomaterial therapies is widely studied for the development of tissue engineering technology. Herein, an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1)-bioactive supramolecular nanofiber hydrogel (IGF-1 gel) is synthesized that can activate IGF-1 downstream signaling, prevent the apoptosis of neural stem cells (NSCs), improve their proliferation, and induce their differentiation into neurons and oligodendrocytes. Moreover, implantation of NSCs carried out with IGF-1 gels promotes neurite outgrowth and myelin sheath regeneration at lesion sites following SCI. In addition, IGF-1 gels can enrich extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from NSCs or from nerve cells differentiated from these NSCs via miRNAs related to axonal regeneration and remyelination, even in an inflammatory environment. These EVs are taken up by autologous endogenous NSCs and regulate their differentiation. This study provides adequate evidence that combined treatment with NSCs and IGF-1 gels is a potential therapeutic strategy for treating SCI.

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HydrogelsInsulin-Like Growth Factor INanofibersNeural Stem CellsSpinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsCell DifferentiationDisease Models, AnimalFemaleNerve RegenerationRatsStem Cell TransplantationHydrogelsInsulin-Like Growth Factor Iextracellular vesicleshydrogelinsulin‐like growth factor‐1neural stem cellsspinal cord injury

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PMID38441409
PMCPMC11077690
OpenAlexW4392472313

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