Constructing Linear-Oriented Pre-Vascularized Human Spinal Cord Tissues for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

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Repairing spinal cord injury (SCI) is a global medical challenge lacking effective clinical treatment. Developing human-engineered spinal cord tissues that can replenish lost cells and restore a regenerative microenvironment offers promising potential for SCI therapy. However, creating vascularized human spinal cord-like tissues (VSCT) that mimic the diverse cell types and longitudinal parallel structural features of spinal cord tissues remains a significant hurdle. In the present study, VSCTs are engineered using embryonic human spinal cord-derived neural and endothelial cells on linear-ordered collagen scaffolds (LOCS). Studies have shown that astrocytes and endothelial cells align along the scaffolds in VSCT, supporting axon extension from various human neurons myelinated by oligodendrocytes. After transplantation into SCI rats, VSCT survives at the injury sites and promotes endogenous neural regeneration and vascularization, ultimately reducing scarring and enhancing behavioral functional recovery. It suggests that pre-vascularization of engineered spinal cord tissues is beneficial for SCI treatment and highlights the important role of exogenous endothelial cells in tissue engineering.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Advanced healthcare materials - (2024) vom: 27. März, Seite e2303388

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Caixia [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Lulu [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xianming [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Junyan [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Lifang [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Baowei [VerfasserIn]
He, Jiaxiong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yanyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yannan [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Jianwu [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Neural regeneration
Spinal cord injury
Tissue engineering
Vascularization

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Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/adhm.202303388

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NLM370266633