The role of Hedgehog-responsive fibroblasts in facial nerve regeneration.

CONCLUSION: These findings describe a key signaling pathway by which fibroblasts participate in motor nerve regeneration. Fibroblasts that reside within the nerve respond to injury and may represent a novel therapeutic target in the context of facial nerve regeneration after transection injury.
PMID: 29337143 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Experimental Neurology - January 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Bobarnac Dogaru GL, Juneja SC, Shokrani A, Hui RY, Chai Y, Pepper JP Tags: Exp Neurol Source Type: research