Photobiomodulation augments the effects of mitochondrial transplantation in the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats by facilitating mitochondrial transfer to neurons via Connexin 36

• Main Authors: Zhijie Zhu (Author), Xin Li (Author), Xuankang Wang (Author), Xiaoshuang Zuo (Author), Yangguang Ma (Author), Xue Gao (Author), Zhuowen Liang (Author), Zhihao Zhang (Author), Zhiwen Song (Author), Tan Ding (Author), Cheng Ju (Author), Penghui Li (Author), Kun Li (Author), Jiawei Zhang (Author), Huilin Quan (Author), Zhe Wang (Author), Xueyu Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Mitochondrial transplantation is a promising treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI), but it has the disadvantage of low efficiency of mitochondrial transfer to targeted cells. Here, we demonstrated that Photobiomodulation (PBM) could promote the transfer process, thus augmenting the therape...