Browse the latest research summaries in the field of genetics for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 • June 1, 2015
This study investigated the neuroprotective effects of rapamycin on spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats, focusing on the activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. The results showed that rapamyc...
KEY FINDING: Rapamycin treatment significantly increased the levels of β-catenin protein in the spinal cords of SCI rats, indicating activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2015 • June 1, 2015
This study investigated the effects of hydrogen-rich saline on spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. Hydrogen-rich saline was administered into the subarachnoid space of rats after SCI. The results showed...
KEY FINDING: Hydrogen-rich saline markedly reduced cell death in the injured spinal cord tissue compared to the control group receiving physiological saline.
Brain Res, 2016 • May 1, 2016
The reactions of OPCs to spinal cord injury are reviewed. Inflammation after injury can affect OPC biology and OPCX reactivity ma affect the inflammatory response. OPC accumulation after spinal cord i...
KEY FINDING: OPCs are the major dividing cell of the CNS and the injury-induced increases in OPC density are mostly due to proliferation.
Neural Regeneration Research, 2022 • March 1, 2022
This study aimed to determine the function of KLF7 in stretch- and OGD-induced apoptosis of HT22 cells in vitro, and in TBI-induced hippocampal neuron damage in mice in vivo. The results suggest that ...
KEY FINDING: KLF7 overexpression significantly reduced apoptosis, activated caspase-3 and lactate dehydrogenase, downregulated the expression of Bax and cleaved caspase-3, and increased the expression of βIII-tubulin and Bcl-2 in HT22 cells after stretch injury and oxygen-glucose deprivation.
PLoS ONE, 2016 • December 1, 2016
This study investigated microRNA (miR) expression profiles in paralyzed gastrocnemius muscle of rats after spinal cord injury (SCI) compared to sham-operated rats to understand the mechanisms behind m...
KEY FINDING: miRs 23a, 23b, 27b, 145, and 206, were downregulated in skeletal muscle 56 days after SCI.
Neurosci Bull, 2015 • October 1, 2015
In this study, we present the fi rst evidence that the TAPP1 adaptor protein is selectively expressed by differentiating OPCs (Fig. 1). Functional analyses revealed that knockdown of TAPP1 expression i...
KEY FINDING: TAPP1 knockdown promoted OL differentiation and myelin gene expression in culture.
The Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 • August 5, 2015
This study investigates whether expressing a constitutively active form of Rheb (caRheb) in adult neurons after a complete spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats improves intrinsic growth potential and resu...
KEY FINDING: CaRheb expression promotes growth of axons into a peripheral nerve graft (PNG).
Neurosci. Bull., 2022 • August 30, 2021
This study established a new mouse model of congenital hydrocephalus by deleting b-catenin in Nkx2.1-expressing ventral neural progenitors. The knockout mice consistently showed enlarged brains and ve...
KEY FINDING: Conditional knockout of b-catenin in Nkx2.1-expressing progenitors in mice leads to severe hydrocephalus from mid-gestation through adulthood, establishing a reliable animal model.
Cells, 2021 • August 28, 2021
This study investigates the unique loss of the central canal in the adult human spinal cord, comparing it to similar phenomena in Naked Mole-Rats (NMR) and hyh mice. The research highlights the distin...
KEY FINDING: Adult humans uniquely lose the central canal, which is replaced by a structure with large ependymal cell accumulations, astrogliosis, and perivascular pseudo-rosettes, unlike other mammals.
Mol Cell Neurosci, 2015 • September 1, 2015
This study identifies HHEX as a suppressor of axon growth when overexpressed in CNS neurons, acting through transcriptional repression to reduce axon initiation and extension without affecting cell vi...
KEY FINDING: HHEX acts as a potent suppressor of axon growth when overexpressed in CNS neurons.