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Ken Porche¹, Tara Sara Saffari², Hollie Power^2,3

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

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Peripheral nerve injuries hinder recovery due to slow regeneration and degeneration. Strategies focus on delaying degeneration, accelerating regrowth, and improving the local environment, but require coordinated efforts for clinical translation.

Keywords:

4-Aminopyridine Electrical stimulation therapy Mesenchymal stem cell Peripheral nerve regeneration Wallerian degeneration

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Area of Science:

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Biotechnology

Background:

Peripheral nerve injuries present significant clinical challenges.
Slow axonal regeneration and rapid Wallerian degeneration impede functional recovery.
Degeneration of target organs before reinnervation further complicates outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

To review current strategies for enhancing peripheral nerve regeneration.
To identify key challenges hindering clinical translation of these strategies.
To propose a framework for future research and development.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on peripheral nerve injury and regeneration.
Categorization of therapeutic approaches: delaying Wallerian degeneration, accelerating axonal regrowth, and optimizing the microenvironment.
Analysis of barriers to clinical translation, including outcome measures and collaboration.

Main Results:

Strategies to delay Wallerian degeneration include polyethylene glycol-mediated axonal fusion and inhibition of specific WD-executioner molecules.
Methods to accelerate axon regrowth involve electrical stimulation and pharmacologic agents like 4-aminopyridine.
Enhancing the microenvironment shows promise through cellular therapies (stem cells, Schwann cells, exosomes) and drug delivery.

Conclusions:

Progress in peripheral nerve regeneration is hampered by inconsistent outcome measures and lack of standardized protocols.
Multicenter collaboration and standardized methodologies are crucial for clinical translation.
Integrating complementary approaches and improving mechanistic understanding are essential for achieving meaningful functional recovery.