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Necessity for re-vascularization after spinal cord injury and the search for potential therapeutic options

Graumann, Ursula and Ritz, Marie-Françoise and Hausmann, Oliver. (2011) Necessity for re-vascularization after spinal cord injury and the search for potential therapeutic options. Current neurovascular research, Vol. 8, H. 4. pp. 334-341.

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Abstract

Disruption of the blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) and microvascular changes leading to reduction of blood supply represent hallmarks of spinal cord secondary injury causing further deterioration of the traumatized patient. Injury to the blood vessels starts with prominent hemorrhage and generation of inflammation. Furthermore, spinal cord ischemia and extravasation of blood components contribute to edema formation resulting in death of neural cells. Endogenous attempts of re-vascularization have been observed although these newly formed vessels display morphological and functional abnormalities. The unfavorable regulation of angiogenic and counterregulatory anti-angiogenic factors during the complicated course of vessel remodeling after SCI is suspected to participate in the failure of re-vascularization and vessel stabilization. Repression of the expression of angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), placental growth factor (PlGF), angiopoietin-1 (Ang1), and platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) contributes to vessel regression. Therefore, therapeutic applications of angiogenic factors following SCI are promising strategies to restore blood flow in the lesion.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Kopfbereich > Neurochirurgie (Mariani)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Kopfbereich > Neurochirurgie (Mariani)
UniBasel Contributors:Hausmann, Oliver Nic
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Bentham Science Publ.
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Last Modified:25 Oct 2013 08:33
Deposited On:25 Oct 2013 08:33

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