Early Treatment with Oral Pirfenidone Improves Bladder Function after Contusive Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Carlos Agustín Isidro Alonso, Vasikar Murugapoopathy, Laura Curran, Leane Rivard, Anamitra Bharti, Wassim Kassouf, Jan Janzen, Samuel David, Indra Rani Gupta
This study shows that early pirfenidone treatment reduces inflammation and fibrosis, improves bladder function, and normalizes neural signaling after spinal cord injury in mice.
bioRxiv · Aug 24, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology