Browse the latest research summaries in the field of bioinformatics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2023 • June 1, 2023
The REFORM study is designed to identify biomarkers that predict the efficacy of erenumab for migraine prevention. The study enrolled 751 participants with migraine and collected extensive clinical, b...
KEY FINDING: The study population had a high migraine burden, with most participants diagnosed with chronic migraine and using multiple acute and preventive medications.
Journal of Neurotrauma, 2023 • September 1, 2023
Acute SCI is a critically dysregulated dynamic multi-system condition characterized by multiple interacting molecular and physiologic modules, some supporting recovery and others producing chronic mul...
KEY FINDING: Acute injury outcome predictors, including blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, neuroimaging signal changes, and autonomic system abnormalities, often do not predict chronic SCI syndrome phenotypes.
International Neurourology Journal, 2023 • June 30, 2023
This study used time-series-based untargeted metabolomics to examine the metabolic status of bladder muscle at different time points following traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) in rats. The research...
KEY FINDING: A total of 1,271 metabolites were identified in the bladder muscle of rats after traumatic spinal cord injury.
Brain, 2023 • July 12, 2023
This study introduces a sensitive immunoassay for measuring serum peripherin as a biomarker for peripheral nerve axonal injury. The research demonstrates that peripherin levels are significantly eleva...
KEY FINDING: Peak peripherin levels were significantly higher in GBS patients compared to other groups, indicating its potential as a specific biomarker for acute PNS axonal damage.
Annals of Medicine, 2023 • July 1, 2023
The study developed a probabilistic graphical model (PGM) using Bayesian networks (BNs) to predict clinical outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) after posterior decompressi...
KEY FINDING: Preoperative JOA score, presence of a psychiatric disorder, and ASIA grade were identified as significant factors associated with the last JOS score.
Nature Communications, 2023 • August 7, 2023
This study constructed a cell atlas of different regions in the injured spinal cord of rhesus monkey from the acute to chronic phases, depicting the unique molecular heterogeneity and the spatio-tempo...
KEY FINDING: Distal lumbar tissue cells were severely impacted, leading to degenerative microenvironments characterized by disease-associated microglia and oligodendrocytes activation alongside increased inhibitory interneurons proportion following SCI.
J. Clin. Med., 2023 • November 22, 2023
This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the impact of Machine Learning (ML) and Robot-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT) on Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) outcomes. The study found that ML exhibite...
KEY FINDING: Machine learning (ML) demonstrates enhanced precision in forecasting AIS (ASIA Impairment Scale) result scores, which are used to classify the severity of spinal cord injuries.
Spine, 2024 • March 1, 2024
The study developed a deep learning-based AI model for detecting osteolytic bone metastases in the thoracolumbar spine using CT scans. The AI model demonstrated comparable sensitivity to experts and i...
KEY FINDING: The AI model achieved a sensitivity of 0.78, precision of 0.68, and F1-score of 0.72 per slice in detecting osteolytic bone metastases.
bioRxiv, 2023 • December 10, 2023
This study investigates the molecular changes in the bladder following spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats and the effect of inosine treatment using multi-omics analysis. The research identifies key path...
KEY FINDING: SCI regulates canonical pathways associated with protein synthesis, neuroplasticity, wound healing, and neurotransmitter degradation.
Cell Research, 2024 • January 5, 2024
The study introduces TF-seqFISH, an image-based method to investigate spatial expression and regulation of TFs during human spinal cord development. By combining spatial transcriptomic data and single...
KEY FINDING: Identified the spatial distribution of neural progenitor cells characterized by combinatorial TFs along the dorsoventral axis.