Feida Li, Tingwen Cai, Letian Yu, Gaoxiang Yu, Haojie Zhang, Yibo Geng, Jiaxuan Kuang, Yongli Wang, Yuepiao Cai, Jian Xiao, Xiangyang Wang, Jian Ding, Hui Xu, Wenfei Ni, Kailiang Zhou
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe medical condition with lasting effects. The efficacy of numerous clinical treatments is hampered by the intricate pathophysiological mechanism of SCI. Fibroblast growth factor 18 (FGF-18) has been found to exert neuroprotective effects after brain ischaemia, but its effect after SCI has not been well explored. The aim of the present study was to explore the therapeutic effect of FGF-18 on SCI and the related mechanism. In the present study, a mouse model of SCI was used, and the results showed that FGF-18 may significantly affect functional recovery...
August 15, 2023: Molecular Neurobiology