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ReviewRegenerative biomaterials2025

Engineered bio-functional material-based nerve guide conduits for optic nerve regeneration: a view from the cellular perspective, challenges and the future outlook.

Enoch Obeng, Baoguo Shen, Wei Wang, Zhenyuan Xie, Wenyi Zhang, Zhixing Li, Qinqin Yao, Wencan Wu

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Review in Regenerative biomaterials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Enoch ObengState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9246-8721
Baoguo ShenState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Wei WangState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Zhenyuan XieState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Wenyi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Zhixing LiState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Qinqin YaoState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.
Wencan WuState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Optometry and Vision Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8556-1197

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nerve injuries can be tantamount to severe impairment, standard treatment such as the use of autograft or surgery comes with complications and confers a shortened relief. The mechanism relevant to the regeneration of the optic nerve seems yet to be fully uncovered. The prevailing rate of vision loss as a result of direct or indirect insult on the optic nerve is alarming. Currently, the use of nerve guide conduits (NGC) to some extent has proven reliable especially in rodents and among the peripheral nervous system, a promising ground for regeneration and functional recovery, however in the optic nerve, this NGC function seems quite unfamous. The insufficient NGC application and the unabridged regeneration of the optic nerve could be a result of the limited information on cellular and molecular activities. This review seeks to tackle two major factors (i) the cellular and molecular activity involved in traumatic optic neuropathy and (ii) the NGC application for the optic nerve regeneration. The understanding of cellular and molecular concepts encompassed, ocular inflammation, extrinsic signaling and intrinsic signaling for axon growth, mobile zinc role, Ca

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biomaterialsnerve guide conduitsoptic nerve crushoptic neuropathyregeneration

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PMID39776856
PMCPMC11703557

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