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ArticleNature communications2026

Spinal cord regeneration deploys cell-type specific developmental and non-developmental strategies to restore neuron diversity.

Avery Angell Swearer, Samuel B Perkowski, Iba Husain, Thiago A Figueiredo, Morgan E McCartney, Andrea E Wills

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. 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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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Avery Angell SwearerProgram in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-4869
Samuel B PerkowskiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8427-6598
Iba HusainDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Thiago A FigueiredoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Morgan E McCartneyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Andrea E WillsProgram in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. aewills@uw.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3647-8105

Funding

Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of vertebrate regenerationR01NS099124 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Andrea Elizabeth Wills · 2017 to 2026
$3.3M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099124U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R01NS099124
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major goal of spinal cord injury research is to develop a path to endogenous regeneration. This approach has been heavily informed by animal models of natural regeneration. An unresolved question is whether these models rebuild the spinal cord exclusively by accessing developmental mechanisms of neuron differentiation. To address this question, we contrasted single-cell gene expression during regeneration with stage-matched controls in the conditionally regenerative frog Xenopus tropicalis. We generated an expanded atlas of neuronal diversity, annotating several previously unidentified neuron classes. From this atlas, we found that the neuron composition of the developing and regenerating spinal cord differ. So do the strategies employed, which favor waves of cell-type specific neurite projection and guidance then proliferative neurogenesis during regeneration. Low levels of early neurogenesis are then compensated by movement of post-mitotic neurons. Our work highlights the contributions of distinct developmental versus regenerative paths to heal post-injury.

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NeuronsSpinal CordSpinal Cord InjuriesSpinal Cord RegenerationAnimalsCell DifferentiationNeurogenesisSingle-Cell AnalysisXenopus

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PMID42477343
PMCPMC13500724

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