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A Review on Autophagy in Orofacial Neuropathic Pain

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Macrophages influence Schwann cell myelin autophagy after nerve injury and in a model of Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease

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Proteomic analysis of peripheral nerve myelin during murine aging

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The activation of gastric inhibitory peptide/gastric inhibitory peptide receptor axis via sonic hedgehog signaling promotes the bridging of gapped nerves in sciatic nerve injury

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In the Eyes of the Beholder—New Mertk Knockout Mouse and Re-Evaluation of Phagocytosis versus Anti-Inflammatory Functions of MERTK

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Chitooligosaccharides accelarate myelin clearance by Wipi1 mediated Schwann cell autophagy promoting peripheral nerve regeneration

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TAM receptors mediate the Fpr2-driven pain resolution and fibrinolysis after nerve injury

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Effects of sulfatide on peripheral nerves in metachromatic leukodystrophy

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Glial Regulation of Circuit Wiring, Firing, and Expiring in theDrosophilaCentral Nervous SystemPreprint

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Myelinated peripheral axons are more vulnerable to mechanical trauma in a model of enlarged axonal diameters

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Peripheral nerve injury reduces macrophage efferocytosis to facilitate neuropathic pain

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Jedi-1 deficiency increases sensory neuron excitability through a non-cell autonomous mechanism

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Targeting Oxidative Stress, Autophagy, and Apoptosis by Quercetin to Ameliorate Cisplatin-induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Rats

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MicroRNA-301a knockout attenuates peripheral nerve regeneration by delaying Wallerian degeneration

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Drug repurposing in cancer neuroscience: From the viewpoint of the autophagy-mediated innervated niche

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Leptin deficiency leads to nerve degeneration and impairs axon remyelination by inducing Schwann cell apoptosis and demyelination in type 2 diabetic peripheral neuropathy in rats

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Research status of regenerative difficulties after central nervous system injury

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An Autophagy-Sensitive Nanoplatform via Chirality-Selective Modulation for Functional Peripheral Nerve Repair and Target Organ Homeostasis

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Exogenous Mitochondrial Transplantation Facilitates the Recovery of Autologous Nerve Grafting in Repairing Nerve Defects

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CD200R1 Contributes to Successful Functional Reinnervation after a Sciatic Nerve Injury

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The protective effect of erythropoietin and its novel derived peptides in peripheral nerve injury

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Role of efferocytosis in chronic pain —— From molecular perspective

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Current Views on Schwann Cells: Development, Plasticity, Functions

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Macrophage-specific deletion of BACE1 does not enhance macrophage recruitment to the injured peripheral nerve

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Signaling pathways regulating the immune function of cochlear supporting cells and their involvement in cochlear pathophysiology

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Impaired Autophagic Degradation of Transforming Growth Factor-β-Induced Protein by Macrophages in Lattice Corneal Dystrophy

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Erythropoietin decreases apoptosis and promotes Schwann cell repair and phagocytosis following nerve crush injury in mice

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Schwann Cell Synthesized Cholesterol Orchestrates Peripheral Nerve Regeneration via Structural and IGF1‐Dependent Signaling Mechanisms

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Improving cell transplantation by understanding and manipulating the phagocytic activity of peripheral glia

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All the PNS is a Stage: Transplanted Bone Marrow Cells Play an Immunomodulatory Role in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

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A novel 3D bilayer hydrogel tri-culture system for studying functional motor units

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In Vitro Engulfment Assay to Measure Phagocytic Activity of Astrocytes Using Synaptosomes

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Comparative Behavioral Assessment of Lewis and Nude Rats after Peripheral Nerve Injury

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Focused Ultrasound‐Induced Peripheral Nerve Blockade: Duration of Changes to Thermal Withdrawal Latency and Nerve Structure After Focused Ultrasound Application to the Sciatic Nerve in a Rat Model of Acute Pain

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Biomimetic nanomaterial-based strategies for spinal cord injury repair

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