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Axonal transport plays a crucial role in mediating the axon-protective effects of NmNAT

Neurobiology of Disease, 2014
Deficits in axonal transport are thought to contribute to the pathology of many neurodegenerative diseases. Expressing the slow Wallerian degeneration protein (WldS) or related nicotinamide mononucleotide adenyltransferases (NmNATs) protects axons ...
Cheng Fang, Helena Decker, Gary Banker
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Neuronal activity inhibits mitochondrial transport only in synaptically connected segments of the axon

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Due to their large scale and uniquely branched architecture, neurons critically rely on active transport of mitochondria in order to match energy production and calcium buffering to local demand.
Tom Venneman, Pieter Vanden Berghe
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Live Imaging of Axonal Transport in the Motor Neurons of Drosophila Larvae

Bio-Protocol, 2017
Axonal transport, which is composed of microtubules, motor proteins and a variety of types of cargo, is a prominent feature of neurons. Monitoring these molecular dynamics is important to understand the biological processes of neurons as well as ...
Tsuyoshi Inoshita, Nobutaka Hattori, Yuzuru Imai   +2 more
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Engineering Topographical Cues to Enhance Neural Regeneration in Spinal Cord Injury: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing Therapies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) poses significant challenges for regeneration due to a series of secondary injury mechanisms. How to use biomaterial approach to target the failed regeneration after SCI remains a critical challenge. This review systematically evaluates current strategies to optimize biomaterial topographies for neurite outgrowth, axonal ...
Wei Xu, Fenghui Wang, Joshua Stein, Siqiao Wang, Pengfei Jiang, Letao Yang, Liming Cheng, Ki‐Bum Lee   +7 more
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Engineering the Future of Restorative Clinical Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
What if damaged nerves could regenerate more effectively? This review unveils cutting‐edge strategies to restore nerve function, from biomaterial scaffolds and bioactive molecules to living engineered tissues. By accelerating axonal regrowth, preserving Schwann cells, and enhancing connectivity, these approaches are reshaping nerve repair—offering new ...
Justin C. Burrell, Zarina S. Ali, Eric L. Zager, Joseph M. Rosen, Mykhailo M. Tatarchuk, D. Kacy Cullen   +5 more
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Motor domain-mediated autoinhibition dictates axonal transport by the kinesin UNC-104/KIF1A.

PLoS Genetics, 2021
The UNC-104/KIF1A motor is crucial for axonal transport of synaptic vesicles, but how the UNC-104/KIF1A motor is activated in vivo is not fully understood.
Dezi Cong, Jinqi Ren, Yurong Zhou, Shuang Wang, Jingjing Liang, Mei Ding, Wei Feng   +6 more
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Covalent Binding of Dexamethasone to Polyimide Improves Biocompatibility of Neural Implantable Devices

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The covalent binding of dexamethasone to the surface of polyimide represents the electrically inert part of implantable intraneural devices. This ensures a sustained release of the drug for 9 weeks. In vitro and in vivo tests confirm the reduction of the foreign body reactions and the improved biocompatibility of dexamethasone functionalized polyimide.
Giulia Turrin, Jose Crugeiras, Chiara Bisquoli, Davide Barboni, Martina Catani, Bruno Rodríguez‐Meana, Rita Boaretto, Michele Albicini, Stefano Caramori, Claudio Trapella, Thomas Stieglitz, Yara Baslan, Hanna Karlsson‐Fernberg, Fernanda L. Narvaez‐Chicaiza, Edoardo Marchini, Alberto Cavazzini, Ruben López‐Vales, Maria Asplund, Xavier Navarro, Stefano Carli   +19 more
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Aging on Chip: Harnessing the Potential of Microfluidic Technologies in Aging and Rejuvenation Research

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in microfluidic technologies for modeling human aging and age‐related diseases. It explores how organ‐on‐chip platforms improve physiological relevance, enable rejuvenation strategies, facilitate drug screening, detect senescent cells, and identify biomarkers.
Limor Zwi‐Dantsis, Vignesh Jayarajan, George M. Church, Roger D. Kamm, João Pedro de Magalhães, Emad Moeendarbary   +5 more
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Microphysiological Systems for Comorbidity Studies: Chronic Kidney Disease and Osteoarthritis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights the potential of organ‐on‐a‐chip systems for studying comorbidities, using chronic kidney disease (CKD) and osteoarthritis (OA) as examples. It summarizes recent advances in kidney‐on‐a‐chip and joint‐on‐a‐chip models and discusses their current and potential application in investigating CKD, OA, and CKD‐OA comorbidity, aiming to
Mingying Han, Weiping Lin, Yuanxiong Cao, Patricia Murray, Bettina Wilm, Stephen J McWilliam, Jude Curran, Ruoxiao Xie   +7 more
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A new method for quantifying mitochondrial axonal transport

Protein & Cell, 2016
Axonal transport of mitochondria is critical for neuronal survival and function. Automatically quantifying and analyzing mitochondrial movement in a large quantity remain challenging. Here, we report an efficient method for imaging and quantifying axonal
Mengmeng Chen, Yang Li, Mengxue Yang, Xiaoping Chen, Yemeng Chen, Fan Yang, Sheng Lu, Shengyu Yao, Timothy Zhou, Jianghong Liu, Li Zhu, Sidan Du, Jane Y. Wu   +12 more
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