We express heartfelt thanks to Liwei Zhang(Science China Press)for her kind help and constructive comments.This work was supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 31130022,31320103903,31271037);the National Science and Technology Pillar Program of China(grant 2012BAI17B04);the International Cooperation in Science and Technology Projects of the Ministry of Science Technology of China(grant 2014DFA30640);the National 863 Project(grant 2012AA020506);the National Ministry of Education Special Fund for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation(grant 201356);the Special Funds for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Beijing,China(grant 20111000601);the Key Project of the Department of Science and Technology of Beijing(grant D090800046609004).
The central nervous system(CNS)has very restricted intrinsic regeneration ability under the injury or disease condition.Innovative repair strategies,therefore,are urgently needed to facilitate tissue regeneration and ...
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2012AA020506);Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(31030032);National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar(31025013);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31100697)
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