Abstract
Following spinal cord injury, a highly inhibitory environment for axonal regeneration develops. One of the main sources of this inhibition is the glial scar that is formed after injury by reactive astrocytes. The inhibitory environment is mainly a result of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans (CSPGs). NG2, [corrected] one of the main inhibitory CSPGs, is up-regulated following spinal cord injury.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 863-872 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF GENE MEDICINE |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- Glial scar
- Lentiviral vector
- NG2
- Neu7 astrocytes
- Neurotrophin-3
- Spinal cord injury
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- Authors
- Donnelly EM, Strappe PM, McGinley LM, Madigan NN, Geurts E, Rooney GE, Windebank AJ, Fraher J, Dockery P, O'Brien T, McMahon SS