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72
Citations
15466
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2345
National Ranking
1110

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Central nervous system

Xiao Ming Xu spends much of his time researching Spinal cord, Spinal cord injury, Neuroscience, Schwann cell and Transplantation. His Spinal cord study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as White matter, Regeneration, Central nervous system and Anatomy. His Spinal cord injury research integrates issues from Lesion, Pathology, Central nervous system disease, Transcription factor and Corticospinal tract.

His work carried out in the field of Neuroscience brings together such families of science as Neurotrophic factors, microRNA and Pathogenesis. His Schwann cell study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Neurotrophin, Retrograde tracing, Cord, Gliosis and Dorsal root ganglion. His studies deal with areas such as Grey matter and Cell biology as well as Transplantation.

His most cited work include:

  • Axonal regeneration into Schwann cell‐seeded guidance channels grafted into transected adult rat spinal cord (477 citations)
  • A combination of BDNF and NT-3 promotes supraspinal axonal regeneration into Schwann cell grafts in adult rat thoracic spinal cord. (425 citations)
  • Bridging Schwann cell transplants promote axonal regeneration from both the rostral and caudal stumps of transected adult rat spinal cord (337 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Xiao Ming Xu mostly deals with Spinal cord injury, Spinal cord, Neuroscience, Anatomy and Central nervous system. His Spinal cord injury research incorporates elements of Anesthesia, Internal medicine, Neuroprotection, Transplantation and Pathology. His Spinal cord study combines topics in areas such as Lesion, Neurotrophic factors, Schwann cell, Corticospinal tract and Cord.

Xiao Ming Xu has researched Neuroscience in several fields, including Neurite, Neurotrophin and Regeneration, Cell biology. Xiao Ming Xu usually deals with Cell biology and limits it to topics linked to Cell culture and Embryo. Xiao Ming Xu interconnects Laminectomy, Gliosis and Central nervous system disease in the investigation of issues within Anatomy.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Spinal cord injury (59.93%)
  • Spinal cord (59.23%)
  • Neuroscience (38.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Spinal cord injury (59.93%)
  • Spinal cord (59.23%)
  • Neuroscience (38.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Spinal cord injury, Spinal cord, Neuroscience, Anesthesia and Neuroprotection. The study incorporates disciplines such as Functional recovery, Anatomy, Atrophy, Pathology and Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in addition to Spinal cord injury. His Spinal cord research focuses on Laminectomy in particular.

His Neuroscience study incorporates themes from Regeneration and Corticospinal tract. His study in Anesthesia is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Head trauma and Ischemia. The Neuroprotection study combines topics in areas such as Excitotoxicity and Programmed cell death.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The mTOR substrate S6 Kinase 1 (S6K1) is a negative regulator of axon regeneration and a potential drug target for Central Nervous System injury (43 citations)
  • The p53 Pathway Controls SOX2-Mediated Reprogramming in the Adult Mouse Spinal Cord (39 citations)
  • Label-Free Vibrational Spectroscopic Imaging of Neuronal Membrane Potential. (26 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Internal medicine
  • Neuron

Spinal cord injury, Neuroscience, Spinal cord, Neuroprotection and Anesthesia are his primary areas of study. The concepts of his Spinal cord injury study are interwoven with issues in Functional recovery, Anatomy, Atrophy and Cord. His Neuroscience research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Lumbar and Regeneration.

Xiao Ming Xu has included themes like Lesion, Pathology, Neurotrophin and Astrocyte in his Spinal cord study. His Neuroprotection research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Inflammation and Excitotoxicity, Programmed cell death. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, Neurotrophic factors, Spinal Cord Regeneration and Axon.

Best Publications

  • Axonal regeneration into Schwann cell‐seeded guidance channels grafted into transected adult rat spinal cord

    Xiao Ming Xu;Véronique Guénard;Naomi Kleitman;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  • A combination of BDNF and NT-3 promotes supraspinal axonal regeneration into Schwann cell grafts in adult rat thoracic spinal cord.

    Xiao Ming Xu;Véronique Guénard;Naomi Kleitman;Patrick Aebischer

  • Bridging Schwann cell transplants promote axonal regeneration from both the rostral and caudal stumps of transected adult rat spinal cord

    Xiao Ming Xu;Aqing Chen;Veronique Guenard;Naomi Kleitman

  • PKC mediates inhibitory effects of myelin and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans on axonal regeneration

    Rajeev Sivasankaran;Jiong Pei;Kevin C. Wang;Kevin C. Wang;Yi Ping Zhang

  • Regrowth of axons into the distal spinal cord through a Schwann-cell-seeded mini-channel implanted into hemisected adult rat spinal cord.

    Xiao Ming Xu;Shu-Xin Zhang;Huaying Li;Patrick Aebischer

  • Functional recovery in traumatic spinal cord injury after transplantation of multineurotrophin-expressing glial-restricted precursor cells.

    Qilin Cao;Xiao Ming Xu;William H. DeVries;Gaby U. Enzmann

  • Altered MicroRNA Expression following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

    Nai Kui Liu;Xiao Fei Wang;Qing Bo Lu;Xiao Ming Xu

  • Schwann Cell Transplantation for Repair of the Adult Spinal Cord

    Martin Oudega;Martin Oudega;Xiao Ming Xu

  • Methylprednisolone inhibition of TNF-α expression and NF-kB activation after spinal cord injury in rats

    Jan Xu;Guangshun Fan;Shawei Chen;Yingji Wu

  • Neurotrophins BDNF and NT-3 promote axonal re-entry into the distal host spinal cord through Schwann cell-seeded mini-channels.

    Norman I. Bamber;Huaying Li;Xiaobin Lu;Martin Oudega

  • Chondroitinase ABC enhances axonal regrowth through Schwann cell-seeded guidance channels after spinal cord injury

    C. H. Chau;D. K. Y. Shum;H. Li;J. Pei

  • Transplantation of ciliary neurotrophic factor-expressing adult oligodendrocyte precursor cells promotes remyelination and functional recovery after spinal cord injury.

    Qilin Cao;Qian He;Qian He;Yaping Wang;Yaping Wang;Xiaoxin Cheng;Xiaoxin Cheng

  • Suppression of inflammatory and neuropathic pain by uncoupling CRMP-2 from the presynaptic Ca2+ channel complex

    Joel M. Brittain;Djane B. Duarte;Sarah M. Wilson;Weiguo Zhu

  • Methylprednisolone administration improves axonal regeneration into Schwann cell grafts in transected adult rat thoracic spinal cord

    Aqing Chen;Xiao Ming Xu;Naomi Kleitman;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  • INOS and nitrotyrosine expression after spinal cord injury

    Jan Xu;Gyeong Moon Kim;Shawei Chen;Ping Yan

  • GDNF-enhanced axonal regeneration and myelination following spinal cord injury is mediated by primary effects on neurons.

    Liqun Zhang;Zhengwen Ma;George M. Smith;Xuejun Wen

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Deletion Reduces Nuclear Factor-κB Activation, Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein 2 Expression, and Functional Recovery after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

    Gyeong Moon Kim;Jan Xu;Jinming Xu;Sheng Kwei Song

  • Functional and electrophysiological changes after graded traumatic spinal cord injury in adult rat

    Qilin Cao;Yi Ping Zhang;Christopher Iannotti;Christopher Iannotti;William H. DeVries

  • Glutamine synthetase down-regulation reduces astrocyte protection against glutamate excitotoxicity to neurons.

    Jian Zou;Yan Xia Wang;Fang Fang Dou;He Zuo Lü

  • Repulsive Wnt Signaling Inhibits Axon Regeneration after CNS Injury

    Yaobo Liu;Xiaofei Wang;Xiaofei Wang;Chin-Chun Lu;Rachel Kerman;Rachel Kerman

  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-enriched bridging transplants promote propriospinal axonal regeneration and enhance myelination after spinal cord injury.

    Christopher Iannotti;Huayin Li;Ping Yan;Xiaobin Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale R. Sengelaub
Dale R. Sengelaub Indiana University
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
George F. Martin
George F. Martin The Ohio State University
Mary Bartlett Bunge
Mary Bartlett Bunge University of Miami
Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Scott R. Whittemore
Scott R. Whittemore University of Louisville
Darlene A. Burke
Darlene A. Burke University of Louisville
Patrick Aebischer
Patrick Aebischer École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Riyi Shi
Riyi Shi Purdue University West Lafayette
Adam R. Ferguson
Adam R. Ferguson University of California, San Francisco

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