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ArticleCell reports2017

Remarkable Stability of Myelinating Oligodendrocytes in Mice.

Richa B Tripathi, Martyna Jackiewicz, Ian A McKenzie, Eleni Kougioumtzidou, Matthew Grist, William D Richardson

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed.

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  16. Glial Cells and Aging: From the CNS to the Cerebellum.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  20. Transient Upregulation of Procaspase-3 during Oligodendrocyte Fate Decisions.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Richa B TripathiWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Martyna JackiewiczWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Ian A McKenzieWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Eleni KougioumtzidouWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Matthew GristWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
William D RichardsonWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: w.richardson@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

European Research Council 293544Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New myelin-forming oligodendrocytes (OLs) are generated in the mouse central nervous system during adulthood. These adult-born OLs might augment the existing population, contributing to neural plasticity, or else replace OLs that die in use (turnover). To distinguish between these alternatives, we induced genetic labeling of mature myelinating OLs in young adult mice and tracked their subsequent survival. OL survival rates were region dependent, being higher in corpus callosum (∼90% survival over 20 months) and motor cortex (∼70% survival) than in corticospinal tract or optic nerve (50%-60% survival). Survival rates over the first 8 months were 90%-100% in all regions except the optic nerve. In the corpus callosum, new OLs accumulate during young adulthood and are therefore likely to participate in adaptive myelination. We also found that the number of myelin internodes maintained by individual cortical OLs is stable for at least 8 months but declines ∼12% in the following year.

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Cell LineageAnimalsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCorpus CallosumFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMotor CortexMyelin ProteinsMyelin SheathNeurogenesisOligodendrogliaOptic NervePyramidal TractsMyelin ProteinsOpalin protein, mousecell survivalcell turnovercerebral cortexcorpus callosuminternodemyelinOpalin-CreERoptic nervespinal cordtransgenic mouse

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PMID29020619
PMCPMC5643547

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