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ReviewStem cell reviews2008

Paving the axonal highway: from stem cells to myelin repair.

Raniero L Peru, Nicole Mandrycky, Brahim Nait-Oumesmar, Q Richard Lu

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Review in Stem cell reviews, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. In vitro myelin formation using embryonic stem cells.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2015
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  5. Unwrapping myelination by microRNAs.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Raniero L PeruDepartment of Developmental Biology and Kent Waldrep Center for Basic Research on Nerve Growth and Regeneration, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Nicole Mandrycky
Brahim Nait-Oumesmar
Q Richard Lu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS), remains among the most prominent and devastating diseases in contemporary neurology. Despite remarkable advances in anti-inflammatory therapies, the inefficiency or failure of myelin-forming oligodendrocytes to remyelinate axons and preserve axonal integrity remains a major impediment for the repair of MS lesions. To this end, the enhancement of remyelination through endogenous and exogenous repair mechanisms and the prevention of axonal degeneration are critical objectives for myelin repair therapies. Thus, recent advances in uncovering myelinating cell sources and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that govern neural progenitor differentiation and myelination may pave a way to novel strategies for myelin regeneration. The scope of this review is to discuss the potential sources of stem/progenitor cells for CNS remyelination and the molecular mechanisms underlying oligodendrocyte myelination.

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AnimalsAxonsBrainHumansMyelin SheathNerve Growth FactorsNerve RegenerationNeuronsOligodendrogliaPluripotent Stem CellsSpinal CordNerve Growth Factors

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