Delay modulates the immune response to nerve repair.

"data availability rna sequencing data are available at the gene expression omnibus (geo) hosted by the national institutes of health ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/info/submission html ): accession number gse217172. data availability rna sequencing data are available at the gene expression omnibus (geo) hosted by the national institutes of health ( https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo/info/submission html ): accession number gse217172"

"Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (1R01DC017171). We would like to thank members of the Molecular Biology Core Facility at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, and Christopher J Donahue (Flow Cytometry Manager, Cornell University)."