Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20607622›Full record

ReviewNeuromolecular medicine2010

Sphingolipids in multiple sclerosis.

Arundhati Jana, Kalipada Pahan

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuromolecular medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Role of Lipid Alteration in Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. Integrative Transcriptomic and Genetic Analysis PrioritizesClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026
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  10. Benzoate Drugs for Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of clinical & experimental immunology · 2026
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  14. Build muscles and protect myelin.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arundhati JanaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Cohn Research Building, Suite 320, 1735 West Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Kalipada Pahan
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

ACTIVATION OF NF-KB IN GLIAL CELLS AND CNS OF EAER01NS039940 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2001 to 2009
$2.7M
NINDS NIH HHS NS39940NINDS NIH HHS NS39940-10S1NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease of the CNS. Oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the central nervous system (CNS), are target cells in MS. Although the etiology of MS is poorly known, new insights suggest oligodendrocyte apoptosis as one of the critical events followed by glial activation and infiltration of lymphocytes and macrophages. A major breakthrough in delineation of the mechanism of cell death, perivascular cuffing, and glial activation came from elucidation of the sphingolipid signal transduction pathway. The sphingolipid signal transduction pathway induces apoptosis, differentiation, proliferation, and growth arrest depending upon cell and receptor types, and downstream targets. Sphingomyelin, a major component of myelin membrane formed by mature oligodendrocytes, is abundant in the CNS and ceramide, its primary catabolic product released by activation of either neutral or acidic sphingomyelinase, serves as a potential lipid second messenger or mediator molecule modulating diverse cellular signaling pathways. Similarly, under certain conditions, sphingosine produced from ceramide by ceramidase is phosphorylated by sphingosine kinases to sphingosine-1 phosphate, another potent second messenger molecule. Both ceramide and sphingosine-1 phosphate regulate life and death of many cell types including brain cells and participate in pathogenic processes of MS. In this review, we have made an honest attempt to compile recent findings made by others and us relating to the role of sphingolipids in the disease process of MS.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell DifferentiationCytokinesGliosisHumansMiceMultiple SclerosisMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaOxidative StressRatsSignal TransductionSphingolipidsCytokinesSphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID20607622
PMCPMC2987401
OpenAlexW2088626603

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Registered trials

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