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ReviewFEBS letters2011

Promoting myelin repair and return of function in multiple sclerosis.

Jingya Zhang, Elisabeth G Kramer, Linnea Asp, Dipankar J Dutta, Kristina Navrazhina, Trinh Pham, John N Mariani, Azeb Tadesse Argaw, Carmen V Melendez-Vasquez, Gareth R John

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Review in FEBS letters, 2011. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jingya ZhangCorinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Elisabeth G Kramer
Linnea Asp
Dipankar J Dutta
Kristina Navrazhina
Trinh Pham
John N Mariani
Azeb Tadesse Argaw
Carmen V Melendez-Vasquez
Gareth R John
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USHunter College · US

Funding

Reactive astrogliosis regulates blood-brain barrier permeability.R01NS062703 · NINDS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI JOHN, GARETH R · 2010 to 2017
$2.6M
Cytokine regulation of glial reactivityR01NS046620 · NINDS · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN, GARETH R · 2003 to 2007
$1.6M
Astrocyte regulation of CNS remyelinationR01NS056074 · NINDS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI JOHN, GARETH R · 2008 to 2012
$1.4M
Cerebrovascular Research Training ProgramT32NS051147 · NINDS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI TUHRIM, STANLEY · 2007 to 2011
$1.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS046620NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056074NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS062703NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS051147NINDS NIH HHS T32NS051147-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS. Conduction block in demyelinated axons underlies early neurological symptoms, but axonal transection and neuronal loss are believed to be responsible for more permanent chronic deficits. Several therapies are approved for treatment of relapsing-remitting MS, all of which are immunoregulatory and clinically proven to reduce the rate of lesion formation and exacerbation. However, existing approaches are only partially effective in preventing the onset of disability in MS patients, and novel treatments to protect myelin-producing oligodendrocytes and enhance myelin repair may improve long-term outcomes. Studies in vivo in genetically modified mice have assisted in the characterization of mechanisms underlying the generation of neuropathology in MS patients, and have identified potential avenues for oligodendrocyte protection and myelin repair. However, no treatments are yet approved that target these areas directly, and in addition, the relationship between demyelination and axonal transection in the lesions of the disease remains unclear. Here, we review translational research targeting oligodendrocyte protection and myelin repair in models of autoimmune demyelination, and their potential relevance as therapies in MS.

Indexed as

Wound HealingAnimalsHumansModels, ImmunologicalMultiple SclerosisMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID21864535
PMCPMC3223332
OpenAlexW2048963664

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