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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Molecular Mechanisms of Oligodendrocyte Regeneration in White Matter-Related Diseases.

Ryo Ohtomo, Atsushi Iwata, Ken Arai

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Mapping Human Tissues with Highly Multiplexed RNA in situ Hybridization.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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  15. Protective effects of edaravone on white matter pathology in a novel mouse model of Alzheimer's disease with chronic cerebral hypoperfusion.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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  18. A Role of Microtubules in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryo OhtomoNeuroprotection Research Laboratory, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. ROHTOMO@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1384-9383
Atsushi IwataDepartment of Neurology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan. Iwata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
Ken AraiNeuroprotection Research Laboratory, Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. karai@partners.org.
Harvard University · USThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Even in adult brains, restorative mechanisms are still retained to maintain the microenvironment. Under the pathological conditions of central nervous system (CNS) diseases, several immature cells in the brain would be activated as a compensative response. As the concept of the neurovascular unit emphasizes, cell-cell interactions play important roles in this restorative process. White matter damage and oligodendrocyte loss are representative characteristics for many neurodegenerative diseases. In response to oligodendrocyte damage, residual oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) initiate their proliferation and differentiation for the purpose of remyelination. Although mechanisms of oligodendrogenesis and remyelination in CNS diseases are still mostly unknown and understudied, accumulated evidence now suggests that support from neighboring cells is necessary for OPC proliferation and differentiation. In this review, we first overview basic mechanisms of interaction between oligodendrocyte lineage cells and neighboring cells, and then introduce how oligodendrogenesis occurs under the conditions of neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on vascular cognitive impairment syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationCentral Nervous SystemHumansLeukoencephalopathiesMultiple SclerosisOligodendrogliaAlzheimer’s diseasemultiple sclerosisneurovascular unitoligodendrocyte precursor cellremyelinationvascular cognitive impairment syndromewhite matter degeneration

Identifiers

PMID29895784
PMCPMC6032201
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