Recent update on basic mechanisms of spinal cord injury

SA Quadri, M Farooqui, A Ikram, A Zafar, MA Khan… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-shattering neurological condition that affects between
250,000 and 500,000 individuals each year with an estimated two to three million people …

The role of the Rho GTPases in neuronal development

EE Govek, SE Newey, L Van Aelst - Genes & development, 2005 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Our brain serves as a center for cognitive function and neurons within the brain relay and
store information about our surroundings and experiences. Modulation of this complex …

Rho kinase, a promising drug target for neurological disorders

BK Mueller, H Mack, N Teusch - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2005 - nature.com
Rho kinases (ROCKs), the first Rho effectors to be described, are serine/threonine kinases
that are important in fundamental processes of cell migration, cell proliferation and cell …

Axon growth inhibition by RhoA/ROCK in the central nervous system

Y Fujita, T Yamashita - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Rho kinase (ROCK) is a serine/threonine kinase and a downstream target of the small
GTPase Rho. The RhoA/ROCK pathway is associated with various neuronal functions such …

Pharmacological approaches to repair the injured spinal cord

DC Baptiste, MG Fehlings - Journal of neurotrauma, 2006 - liebertpub.com
Acute traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a devastating loss of neurological function
below the level of injury and adversely affects multiple systems within the body. The …

Experimental strategies to promote spinal cord regeneration—an integrative perspective

JM Schwab, K Brechtel, CA Mueller, V Failli… - Progress in …, 2006 - Elsevier
Detailed pathophysiological findings of secondary damage phenomena after spinal cord
injury (SCI) as well as the identification of inhibitory and neurotrophic proteins have yielded …

[HTML][HTML] The role of RhoA/ROCK pathway in the ischemic stroke-induced neuroinflammation

W Lu, Z Chen, J Wen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
It is widely known that ischemic stroke is the prominent cause of death and disability. To
date, neuroinflammation following ischemic stroke represents a complex event, which is an …

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs promote axon regeneration via RhoA inhibition

Q Fu, J Hue, S Li - Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
After a CNS injury in the adult mammals, axonal regeneration is very limited because of the
reduced intrinsic growth capacity and nonpermissive environment for axonal elongation …

[HTML][HTML] Rho inhibitor VX-210 in acute traumatic subaxial cervical spinal cord injury: design of the SPinal Cord Injury Rho INhibition InvestiGation (SPRING) clinical …

G FehlingsMichael, D KimKee, M BondLisa… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with a lifetime of disability stemming from
loss of motor, sensory, and autonomic functions; these losses, along with increased …

Rho-ROCK inhibition in the treatment of spinal cord injury

N Forgione, MG Fehlings - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The Rho pathway has been shown to have a role in the pathophysiology of
spinal cord injury (SCI). Upregulation of the Rho signaling pathway occurs as a result of SCI …