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

  • NG2
  • astrocytes
  • axon regeneration
  • chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans
  • glial scar
  • microglia
  • neurotrophin-3
  • spinal cord injury

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  • Authors
  • Donnelly EM, Madigan NN, Rooney GE, Knight A, Chen B, Ball B, Kinnavane L, Garcia Y, Dockery P, Fraher J, Strappe PM, Windebank AJ, O'Brien T, McMahon SS

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