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Lentiviral vector delivery of short hairpin RNA to NG2 and neurotrophin-3 promotes locomotor recovery in injured rat spinal cord.

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Abstract

In this study we investigated the effect of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) and knockdown of NG2, one of the main inhibitory chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPG), in the glial scar following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Original languageEnglish (Ireland)
Pages (from-to)1235-1244
Number of pages10
JournalCytotherapy
Volume14
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2012

Keywords

  • activated macrophages
  • astrocytes
  • axon regeneration
  • axonal regeneration
  • chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
  • chondroitinase abc
  • functional recovery
  • glial scar
  • inhibitory molecules
  • microglia
  • nervous-system injury
  • neurite outgrowth
  • neurotrophin-3
  • NG2
  • reactive astrocytes
  • sensory neurons
  • spinal cord injury

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