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ArticleCell reports2015

Activation of necroptosis in multiple sclerosis.

Dimitry Ofengeim, Yasushi Ito, Ayaz Najafov, Yaoyang Zhang, Bing Shan, Judy Park DeWitt, Juanying Ye, Xumin Zhang, Ansi Chang, Helin Vakifahmetoglu-Norberg and 9 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 331 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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331citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

331 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 514 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Mechanisms, regulation and clinical relevance of necroptosis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  17. Cell death in multiple sclerosis.Cell death and differentiation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitry Ofengeim
Yasushi Ito
Ayaz Najafov
Yaoyang Zhang
Bing Shan
Judy Park DeWitt
Juanying Ye
Xumin Zhang
Ansi Chang
Helin Vakifahmetoglu-Norberg
Jiefei Geng
Benedicte Py
Wen Zhou
Palak Amin
Jonilson Berlink Lima
Chunting Qi
Qiang Yu
Bruce Trapp
Junying Yuan
Harvard University · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry · CNFudan University · CNCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

Training in the Molecular Biology of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's DiseaseT32AG000222 · NIA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI Bruce A YANKNER · 1992 to 2026
$18.5M
THE ROLE OF Cdk5 IN THE DNA DAMAGE RESPONCE DURING AGING AND NEURODEGENERATIONP01AG027916 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YANKNER, BRUCE A · 2006 to 2010
$7.7M
Investigating the neuroinflammatory role of RIP1 kinaseR01AG047231 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YUAN, JUNYING · 2014 to 2018
$2.2M
Investigating the mechanism of TNFalpha mediated cell death in oligodendrocytesR01NS082257 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YUAN, JUNYING · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS 1R01AG047231NIA NIH HHS P01 AG027916NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047231NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000222NINDS NIH HHS 1R01NS082257NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a common neurodegenerative disease of the CNS, is characterized by the loss of oligodendrocytes and demyelination. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), a proinflammatory cytokine implicated in MS, can activate necroptosis, a necrotic cell death pathway regulated by RIPK1 and RIPK3 under caspase-8-deficient conditions. Here, we demonstrate defective caspase-8 activation, as well as activation of RIPK1, RIPK3, and MLKL, the hallmark mediators of necroptosis, in the cortical lesions of human MS pathological samples. Furthermore, we show that MS pathological samples are characterized by an increased insoluble proteome in common with other neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Huntington's disease (HD). Finally, we show that necroptosis mediates oligodendrocyte degeneration induced by TNF-α and that inhibition of RIPK1 protects against oligodendrocyte cell death in two animal models of MS and in culture. Our findings demonstrate that necroptosis is involved in MS and suggest that targeting RIPK1 may represent a therapeutic strategy for MS.

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ApoptosisAnimalsCaspase 8Cerebral CortexHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMultiple SclerosisNecrosisOligodendrogliaProtein KinasesProteomeReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesSpinal CordTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCaspase 8MLKL protein, humanProtein KinasesProteomeReceptor-Interacting Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID25801023
PMCPMC4494996
OpenAlexW2091263717

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