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Managing inflammation after spinal cord injury through manipulation of macrophage function.
Neural plasticity - 1 Jan 2013
Ren Yi, Young Wise
Abstract excerpt
Spinal cord injury (SCI) triggers inflammation with activation of innate immune responses that contribute to secondary injury including oligodendrocyte apoptosis, demyelination, axonal degeneration, and neuronal death. Macrophage activation, accumulation, and persistent inflammation occur in SCI. Macrophages are heterogeneous cells with extensive functional plasticity and have the capacity to switch phenotypes by...
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