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ReviewCells2019

The Molecular Basis for Remyelination Failure in Multiple Sclerosis.

Joel Gruchot, Vivien Weyers, Peter Göttle, Moritz Förster, Hans-Peter Hartung, Patrick Küry, David Kremer

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Remyelination therapies are achievable in clinical practice-No.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2026
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  20. How to Use the Cuprizone Model to Study De- and Remyelination.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joel GruchotDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Vivien WeyersDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Peter GöttleDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Moritz FörsterDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0682-9859
Hans-Peter HartungDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Patrick KüryDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2654-1126
David KremerDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. David.Kremer@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myelin sheaths in the central nervous system (CNS) insulate axons and thereby allow saltatory nerve conduction, which is a prerequisite for complex brain function. Multiple sclerosis (MS), the most common inflammatory autoimmune disease of the CNS, leads to the destruction of myelin sheaths and the myelin-producing oligodendrocytes, thus leaving behind demyelinated axons prone to injury and degeneration. Clinically, this process manifests itself in significant neurological symptoms and disability. Resident oligodendroglial precursor cells (OPCs) and neural stem cells (NSCs) are present in the adult brain, and can differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes which then remyelinate the demyelinated axons. However, for multiple reasons, in MS the regenerative capacity of these cell populations diminishes significantly over time, ultimately leading to neurodegeneration, which currently remains untreatable. In addition, microglial cells, the resident innate immune cells of the CNS, can contribute further to inflammatory and degenerative axonal damage. Here, we review the molecular factors contributing to remyelination failure in MS by inhibiting OPC and NSC differentiation or modulating microglial behavior.

Indexed as

Multiple SclerosisAdultAnimalsHumansMicrogliaMyelin SheathNeural Stem CellsOligodendrogliaRemyelinationmicrogliamultiple sclerosisneural stem cellsoligodendroglial precursor cellsremyelination

Identifiers

PMID31382620
PMCPMC6721708
OpenAlexW2965084786

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