• 文献标题:   Is Graphene Shortening the Path toward Spinal Cord Regeneration?
  • 文献类型:   Review
  • 作  者:   GIRAO AF, SERRANO MC, COMPLETO A, MARQUES PAAP
  • 作者关键词:   biomaterial, graphene, electrode, glial reaction, nanocarrier, neural cell, neural stimulation, scaffold, spinal cord injury, tissue engineering
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.2c04756
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Along with the development of the next generation of biomedical platforms, the inclusion of graphene-based materials (GBMs) into therapeutics for spinal cord injury (SCI) has potential to nourish topmost neuroprotective and neuroregenerative strategies for enhancing neural structural and physiological recovery. In the context of SCI, contemplated as one of the most convoluted challenges of modern medicine, this review first provides an overview of its characteristics and pathophysiological features. Then, the most relevant ongoing clinical trials targeting SCI, including pharmaceutical, robotics/neuromodulation, and scaffolding approaches, are introduced and discussed in sequence with the most important insights brought by GBMs into each particular topic. The current role of these nanomaterials on restoring the spinal cord microenvironment after injury is critically contextualized, while proposing future concepts and desirable outputs for graphene-based technologies aiming to reach clinical significance for SCI.