Walker, M.J.; Xu, X.-M. History of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Its Use for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Brain Sci.2018, 8, 109.
Walker, M.J.; Xu, X.-M. History of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Its Use for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Brain Sci. 2018, 8, 109.
Walker, M.J.; Xu, X.-M. History of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Its Use for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Brain Sci.2018, 8, 109.
Walker, M.J.; Xu, X.-M. History of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) and Its Use for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Brain Sci. 2018, 8, 109.
Abstract
Following an initial mechanical insult, traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) induces a secondary wave of injury, resulting in a toxic lesion environment inhibitory to axonal regeneration. This review focuses on the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its application, also in combination with other factors and cell transplantations, for repairing the injured spinal cord. As recent decades of studies strongly suggest combinational treatment approaches hold the greatest therapeutic potential for the central nervous system (CNS) trauma, future directions of combinational therapies will also be discussed.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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