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ReviewDisease models & mechanisms

Restoring the balance between disease and repair in multiple sclerosis: insights from mouse models.

Robert H Miller, Sharyl L Fyffe-Maricich

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Review in Disease models & mechanisms. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Novel Lysolecithin Model for Visualizing DamageFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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  7. Live imaging of targeted cell ablation in Xenopus: a new model to study demyelination and repair.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert H MillerDepartment of Neurosciences, Center for Translational Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. rhm3@case.edu
Sharyl L Fyffe-Maricich
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Development of Oligodendrycytes in the Spinal CordR01NS030800 · NINDS · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MILLER, ROBERT H. · 1995 to 2018
$5.7M
NINDS NIH HHS NS030800NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS030800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered an autoimmune-mediated demyelinating disease that targets the central nervous system (CNS). Despite considerable research efforts over multiple decades, our understanding of the basic biological processes that are targeted in the disease and the mechanisms of pathogenesis are poorly understood. Consequently, current therapies directed at controlling the progression of the disease are limited in their effectiveness. Historically, the primary focus of MS research has been to define the cellular and molecular basis of the immunological pathogenic mechanisms. Recently, however, it has become clear that long-term functional recovery in MS will require the development of strategies that facilitate myelin repair in lesion areas. The emerging evidence that the adult vertebrate CNS retains the capacity to regenerate neural cells that have been lost to disease or damage has provoked intensive research focused on defining the mechanisms of myelin repair. Unfortunately, the existing animal models of MS are poorly equipped to assess myelin repair, and new validated strategies to identify therapeutics targeted at promoting myelin repair are badly needed. This Commentary will review established murine models of MS, and discuss emerging technologies that promise to provide insights into the mechanisms of myelin repair.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalWound HealingAnimalsMiceMultiple SclerosisMyelin Sheath

Identifiers

PMID20647413
PMCPMC2931531
OpenAlexW2120591440

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