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ReviewExpert review of neurotherapeutics2010

Importance of oligodendrocyte protection, BBB breakdown and inflammation for remyelination.

Jens Watzlawik, Arthur E Warrington, Moses Rodriguez

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting angiogenesis and white matter repair for enhanced functional recovery after acute ischemic stroke: A focus on the roles of glial cells.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  4. Cell death in glioblastoma and the central nervous system.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025
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  6. Oligodendrocyte precursor cell transplantation promotes angiogenesis and remyelination via Wnt/Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2022
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  7. Vascularizing the brainiScience · 2022
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  10. Ameliorating Effect of Osteopontin on HCellular and molecular neurobiology · 2018
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  13. NF-κB Activation Protects Oligodendrocytes against Inflammation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017
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  16. Immunity and inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2013
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  17. Neurovascular unit: a focus on pericytes.Molecular neurobiology · 2012
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  19. MicroRNAs and Multiple Sclerosis.Autoimmune diseases · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jens WatzlawikDepartments of Neurology and Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Arthur E Warrington
Moses Rodriguez
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

T cell Function in Murine Model of Multiple SclerosisR01NS032129 · NINDS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI RODRIGUEZ, MOSES · 1994 to 2010
$2.7M
IMMUNE PROMOTION OF REMYELINATIONR01NS024180 · NINDS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI RODRIGUEZ, MOSES · 1987 to 2008
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA 1011A8NINDS NIH HHS NS RO1 32129NINDS NIH HHS NS RO1 507 24180NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS024180NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS032129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS. A better understanding of why remyelination fails in MS is necessary to improve remyelination strategies. Remyelination is mediated by oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), which are widely distributed throughout the adult CNS. However, it is still unclear whether OPCs detectable in MS lesions survive the inflammatory response but are unable to myelinate or whether OPC and oligodendrocyte death is primarily responsible for remyelination failure and detectable OPCs enter demyelinated areas from adjacent tissue as the lesion evolves. Remyelination strategies should, therefore, focus on stimulation of differentiation or prevention of apoptosis, as well as establishment of a supportive environment for OPC-mediated remyelination, which may be especially important in chronically demyelinated lesions.

Indexed as

InflammationMultiple SclerosisAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCell DeathCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalHumansNitric OxideOligodendrogliaReactive Oxygen SpeciesStem CellsCytokinesNitric OxideReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID20187865
PMCPMC2842090
OpenAlexW2102753471

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Registered trials

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