Liu XY, Guo JW, Kou JQ, Sun YL, Zheng XJ. Repair mechanism of astrocytes and non-astrocytes in spinal cord injury. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(5): 854-863 [PMID: 32190622 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i5.854]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Xiu-Jun Zheng, PhD, Chief Physician, Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No.16, Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China. xiyi5148141@163.com
Research Domain of This Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
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Clinical and Translational Research
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Xiang-Yun Liu, Jian-Wei Guo, Jian-Qiang Kou, Yuan-Liang Sun, Xiu-Jun Zheng, Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: Zheng XJ and Liu XY designed the research; Guo JW and Kou JQ performed the research; Sun YL and Zheng XJ analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Ethics Committee.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Corresponding author: Xiu-Jun Zheng, PhD, Chief Physician, Department of Spinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, No.16, Jiangsu Road, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China. xiyi5148141@163.com
Received: November 22, 2019 Peer-review started: November 22, 2019 First decision: December 23, 2019 Revised: December 30, 2019 Accepted: February 10, 2020 Article in press: February 10, 2020 Published online: March 6, 2020 Processing time: 101 Days and 8.4 Hours
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Astrocytes are key regulators of inflammatory responses within the central nervous system following spinal cord injury (SCI).
Research motivation
The role and mechanism of astrocytes expression and its function in SCI are still unknown.
Research objectives
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of astrocytes and non-astrocytes on SCI and to determine the mechanism of action in SCI repair.
Research methods
To identify the core genes that effected SCI at the molecular level using bioinformatics methods.
Research results
Among the four groups of differential results, miR-494, XIST and other core genes were found following further analysis.
Research conclusions
Our findings suggest a role for key genes and potential regulatory factors in regulating core dysfunction mechanisms following SCI.
Research perspectives
The key genes and potential regulatory factors play an important role in the occurrence and development of SCI. Significant genes in neurological tissue repair will be further discussed in future studies.
