Title:Transplantation Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury Based on Microenvironment Modulation
Volume: 15
Issue: 6
Author(s): Jiawei Shu, Feng Cheng, Zhe Gong, Liwei Ying, Chenggui Wang, Chao Yu, Xiaopeng Zhou, Mu Xiao, Jingkai Wang, Kaishun Xia, Xianpeng Huang, Yiqing Tao, Kesi Shi, Yuemei Liu, Chengzhen Liang, Qixin Chen*, Xinhua Feng*Fangcai Li*
Affiliation:
- Department of Orthopedics, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang,China
- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang,China
- Department of Orthopedics, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang,China
Keywords:
Spinal cord injury, microenvironment, regeneration, transplantation, stem cells, biomaterials.
Abstract: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is different from peripheral nerve injury; it results in devastating
and permanent damage to the spine, leading to severe motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunction. SCI
produces a complex microenvironment that can result in hemorrhage, inflammation and scar formation.
Not only does it significantly limit regeneration, but it also challenges a multitude of transplantation
strategies. In order to promote regeneration, researchers have recently begun to focus their attention on
strategies that manipulate the complicated microenvironment produced by SCI. And some have
achieved great therapeutic effects. Hence, reconstructing an appropriate microenvironment after transplantation
could be a potential therapeutic solution for SCI. In this review, first, we aim to summarize
the influential compositions of the microenvironment and their different effects on regeneration. Second,
we highlight recent research that used various transplantation strategies to modulate different microenvironments
produced by SCI in order to improve regeneration. Finally, we discuss future transplantation
strategies regarding SCI.
