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January 2025 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” This review explores how spiny mice (Acomys spp.) exhibit unique regenerative healing abilities, with findings indicating that these rodents use specialized injury response mechanisms and proregenerative pathways to enhance tissue repair and regeneration compared to scar-forming mammals.
June 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that MAPK/ERK signaling plays a key role in driving tissue regeneration in spiny mice and suggests potential for reversing fibrosis to promote regeneration in mammals.
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November 2021 in “npj Regenerative Medicine” In this study, spiny mice showed superior cardiac recovery after myocardial infarction compared to other mouse strains, with enhanced myocardial preservation and functional stabilization.
September 2016 in “Journal of dermatological science” In this study, transplanted whisker follicles from ND-GFP mice aided spinal cord repair in injured mice, and surprisingly, also grew long hair shafts at the site of transplantation.
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September 2012 in “Nature” This study reports the first instance of skin autotomy in mammals, specifically in African spiny mice, and suggests they may possess a greater regenerative capacity than previously understood, possibly offering insights for regenerative medicine.