Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21401588›Full record

ReviewJournal of anatomy2011

Axon-glial interaction in the CNS: what we have learned from mouse models of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.

Fredrik I Gruenenfelder, Gemma Thomson, Jacques Penderis, Julia M Edgar

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of anatomy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A canineProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. PLP1 gene mutations cause spastic paraplegia type 2 in three families.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2023
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  7. The Puzzle of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia: From Epidemiology to Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  18. Axon-glia interaction and membrane traffic in myelin formation.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2014
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  19. Systematic approaches to central nervous system myelin.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2012
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  20. Cellular pathways of hereditary spastic paraplegia.Annual review of neuroscience · 2012
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fredrik I GruenenfelderApplied Neurobiology Group, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Gemma Thomson
Jacques Penderis
Julia M Edgar
University of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Multiple Sclerosis Society 918
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the central nervous system (CNS) the majority of axons are surrounded by a myelin sheath, which is produced by oligodendrocytes. Myelin is a lipid-rich insulating material that facilitates the rapid conduction of electrical impulses along the myelinated nerve fibre. Proteolipid protein and its isoform DM20 constitute the most abundant protein component of CNS myelin. Mutations in the PLP1 gene encoding these myelin proteins cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and the related allelic disorder, spastic paraplegia type 2. Animal models of these diseases, particularly models lacking or overexpressing Plp1, have shed light on the interplay between axons and oligodendrocytes, and how one component influences the other.

Indexed as

AnimalsAxonsCentral Nervous SystemDisease Models, AnimalMiceMyelin Proteolipid ProteinMyelin SheathNeurogliaPelizaeus-Merzbacher DiseaseMyelin Proteolipid Protein

Identifiers

PMID21401588
PMCPMC3130158
OpenAlexW1498348307

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