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Spinal Progenitor-Laden Bridges Support Earlier Axon Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury.
Abstract
Impact statement
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in loss of tissue innervation below the injury. Spinal progenitors have a greater ability to repair the damage and can be injected into the injury, but their regenerative potential is hampered by their poor survival after transplantation. Biomaterials can create a cell delivery platform and generate a more hospitable microenvironment for the progenitors within the injury. In this work, polymeric bridges are used to deliver embryonic spinal progenitors to the injury, resulting in increased progenitor survival and subsequent regeneration and functional recovery, thus demonstrating the importance of combined therapeutic approaches for SCI.Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.