Application of muscle-derived stem cells in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine / 中国组织工程研究

10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.23.021

Glial microenvironment and repair in central nervous system injury / 国际脑血管病杂志

Central nervous system (CNS) injury, including brain injury and spinal cord injury, has higher disability and mortality. Therefore, CNS injury repair has been a research emphasis and focus in the field of neuroscience. The limited neurons intrinsic regenerative capacity in adult mammalians is one of the reasons of regeneration difficulties after CNS injury. However, the more important reason is the formation of inhibitive glial microenvironment at the local lesion sites. This article reviews the roles of all types of cells, such as astrocyte, microglia, taxi oligodendroglia in gtial microenvironment in CNS injury repair.