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ReviewFrontiers in neurology

Effect of mitochondrial dysfunction on scar formation after spinal cord injury.

Yuchen Zhang, Zhengxin Jin, Bin Ning

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Review in Frontiers in neurology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yuchen ZhangCentral Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Zhengxin JinJinan Central Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Bin NingCentral Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers a cascade of primary and secondary pathological events that culminate in the formation of glial and fibrotic scars, which constitute a major barrier to axonal regeneration and functional recovery. Emerging evidence highlights mitochondrial dysfunction as a central driver of this process. Mitochondria are essential for sustaining ATP production, maintaining redox balance, and regulating calcium homeostasis. Following SCI, direct mechanical disruption, oxidative stress, and calcium overload impair mitochondrial integrity, leading to energy metabolism collapse, excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, and disrupted mitochondrial dynamics. These alterations promote reactive gliosis, fibroblast activation, and maladaptive extracellular matrix deposition. Furthermore, defective mitophagy amplifies neuroinflammation and glial scar consolidation through the PINK1/Parkin and BNIP3/NIX pathways. Recent advances in mitochondrial-targeted therapies-including antioxidants (MitoQ, SS-31), metabolic modulators (AMPK agonists, NAD

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fibrotic scarglial scarmitochondrial dynamicsmitochondrial dysfunctionoxidative stressspinal cord injury

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PMID42147841
PMCPMC13171344

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