Altering Relative Macrophage Population Numbers to Enhance Nerve Regeneration

This study suggests that biasing the infiltrating inflammatory/immune cellular milieu after injury toward a proregenerative population creates a permissive environment for repair. This approach is a shift from the current modes of clinical and laboratory methods for nerve repair, which potentially opens an alternative paradigm to stimulate endogenous peripheral nerve repair. Link: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1705757114
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