Axon regeneration in the mammalian optic nerve

PR Williams, LI Benowitz… - Annual review of vision …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The damage or loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons accounts for the visual
functional defects observed after traumatic injury, in degenerative diseases such as …

[HTML][HTML] Reprogramming neurons for regeneration: The fountain of youth

SG Yang, XW Wang, C Qian, FQ Zhou - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) are terminally differentiated cells that
gradually lose their ability to support regeneration during maturation due to changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomic characterization of prurigo nodularis and the therapeutic response to nemolizumab

LC Tsoi, F Hacini-Rachinel, P Fogel… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a debilitating, difficult-to-treat, intensely pruritic,
chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by hyperkeratotic skin nodules. The …

Elk-1 regulates retinal ganglion cell axon regeneration after injury

T Noro, SH Shah, Y Yin, R Kawaguchi, S Yokota… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Adult central nervous system (CNS) axons fail to regenerate after injury, and master
regulators of the regenerative program remain to be identified. We analyzed the …

Human mesenchymal stem cell therapy promotes retinal ganglion cell survival and target reconnection after optic nerve crush in adult rats

AJ da Silva-Junior, LA Mesentier-Louro… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Optic-nerve injury results in impaired transmission of visual signals to central
targets and leads to the death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and irreversible vision loss …

Optic nerve crush in mice to study retinal ganglion cell survival and regeneration

EG Cameron, X Xia, J Galvao, M Ashouri… - Bio …, 2020 - bio-protocol.org
In diseases such as glaucoma, the failure of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) neurons to survive
or regenerate their optic nerve axons underlies partial and, in some cases, complete vision …

Quantitative transportomics identifies Kif5a as a major regulator of neurodegeneration

SH Shah, LM Schiapparelli, Y Ma, S Yokota, M Atkins… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Many neurons in the adult central nervous system, including retinal ganglion cells (RGCs),
degenerate and die after injury. Early axon protein and organelle trafficking failure is a key …

Strategies to promote long-distance optic nerve regeneration

SG Yang, CP Li, XQ Peng, ZQ Teng, CM Liu… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mammalian retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in the central nervous system (CNS) often die after
optic nerve injury and surviving RGCs fail to regenerate their axons, eventually resulting in …

The injured axon: intrinsic mechanisms driving axonal regeneration

D Tomé, RD Almeida - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Injury to the central nervous system (CNS) often results in permanent neurological
impairments because axons fail to regenerate and re-establish lost synaptic contacts. By …

Glucocorticoid-mediated developmental programming of vertebrate stress responsivity

IM Gans, JA Coffman - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glucocorticoids, vertebrate steroid hormones produced by cells of the adrenal cortex or
interrenal tissue, function dynamically to maintain homeostasis under constantly changing …