Animal models in peripheral nerve transection studies : a systematic review on study design and outcomes assessment

Aim: Peripheral nerve injury regeneration studies using animal models are crucial to different pre-clinical therapeutic approaches efficacy evaluation whatever the surgical technique explored. Materials & methods: A 944 articles systematic review on 'peripheral nerve injury in animal models' over the last 9 years was carried out. Results: It was found that 91% used rodents, and only 9% employed large animals. Different nerves are studied, with generated gaps (10,78 mm) and methods applied for regeneration evaluation uniformed. Sciatic nerve was the most used (88%), followed by median and facial nerves (2.6%), significantly different. Conclusion: There has not been a significant scale-up of the in vivo testing to large animal models (anatomically/physiologically closer to humans), allowing an improvement in translational medicine for clinical cases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Regenerative medicine - 19(2024), 4 vom: 18. März, Seite 189-203

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lopes, Bruna [VerfasserIn]
Coelho, André [VerfasserIn]
Alvites, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Sousa, Ana Catarina [VerfasserIn]
Sousa, Patrícia [VerfasserIn]
Moreira, Alícia [VerfasserIn]
Atayde, Luís [VerfasserIn]
Salgado, António [VerfasserIn]
Geuna, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Maurício, Ana Colette [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animal models
Journal Article
Peripheral nerve injury
Peripheral nerve regeneration
Review
Systematic Review
Translational medicine

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.03.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2217/rme-2023-0102

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363476911