Department of Bioengineering, Drug Design, Development & Delivery (4D) Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, China.
Nanomedicine (Lond). 2021 Sep;16(22):2013-2028. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2021-0113. Epub 2021 Aug 17.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) and the resulting neurological trauma commonly result in complete or incomplete neurological dysfunction and there are few effective treatments for primary SCI. However, the following secondary SCI, including the changes of microvasculature, inflammatory response and oxidative stress around the injury site, may provide promising therapeutic targets. The advances of nanomaterials hold promise for delivering therapeutics to alleviate secondary SCI and promote functional recovery. In this review, we highlight recent achievements of nanomaterial-based therapy, specifically targeting blood-spinal cord barrier disruption, mitigation of the inflammatory response and lightening of oxidative stress after spinal cord injury.
脊髓损伤 (SCI) 及由此导致的神经创伤通常会导致完全或不完全的神经功能障碍,且针对原发性 SCI 几乎没有有效的治疗方法。然而,以下继发性 SCI,包括损伤部位周围的微血管变化、炎症反应和氧化应激,可能提供有希望的治疗靶点。纳米材料的进展为提供治疗药物以减轻继发性 SCI 和促进功能恢复提供了希望。在这篇综述中,我们强调了基于纳米材料的治疗的最新进展,特别是针对血脊髓屏障破坏、减轻炎症反应和减轻脊髓损伤后的氧化应激。