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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2011

Myelin regeneration in multiple sclerosis: targeting endogenous stem cells.

Jeffrey K Huang, Stephen P J Fancy, Chao Zhao, David H Rowitch, Charles Ffrench-Constant, Robin J M Franklin

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Routes of precursors' migration in remyelination.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2026
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  5. Repair mechanisms of the central nervous system: From axon sprouting to remyelination.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  12. White Matter Stroke Induces a Unique Oligo-Astrocyte Niche That Inhibits Recovery.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019
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  13. Tracking the evolution of CNS remyelinating lesion in mice with neutral red dye.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  14. Cellular senescence in progenitor cells contributes to diminished remyelination potential in progressive multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  16. Muscarinic Receptor MThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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  19. Stem Cell-Mediated Regeneration of the Adult Brain.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2016
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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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jeffrey K HuangMRC Cambridge Centre for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Stephen P J Fancy
Chao Zhao
David H Rowitch
Charles Ffrench-Constant
Robin J M Franklin
University of Cambridge · GBBroad Center · USMultiple Sclerosis Society · GBUniversity of California, San Francisco · USWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regeneration of myelin sheaths (remyelination) after central nervous system demyelination is important to restore saltatory conduction and to prevent axonal loss. In multiple sclerosis, the insufficiency of remyelination leads to the irreversible degeneration of axons and correlated clinical decline. Therefore, a regenerative strategy to encourage remyelination may protect axons and improve symptoms in multiple sclerosis. We highlight recent studies on factors that influence endogenous remyelination and potential promising pharmacological targets that may be considered for enhancing central nervous system remyelination.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansMultiple SclerosisMyelin SheathNerve RegenerationStem Cells

Identifiers

PMID21904791
PMCPMC3250284
OpenAlexW2170664539

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.