Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34909188›Full record

ReviewF1000Research2021

Oligodendrocytes, BK channels and the preservation of myelin.

Maddalena Rupnik, David Baker, David L Selwood

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Review in F1000Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maddalena RupnikWolfson Insitute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
David BakerCentre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8872-8711
David L SelwoodWolfson Insitute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6817-5064
University College London · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council 25036-166159Medical Research Council MC_PC_13037Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 092945Wellcome Trust 206020/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligodendrocytes wrap multiple lamellae of their membrane, myelin, around axons of the central nervous system (CNS), to improve impulse conduction. Myelin synthesis is specialised and dynamic, responsive to local neuronal excitation. Subtle pathological insults are sufficient to cause significant neuronal metabolic impairment, so myelin preservation is necessary to safeguard neural networks. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent demyelinating disease of the CNS. In MS, inflammatory attacks against myelin, proposed to be autoimmune, cause myelin decay and oligodendrocyte loss, leaving neurons vulnerable. Current therapies target the prominent neuroinflammation but are mostly ineffective in protecting from neurodegeneration and the progressive neurological disability. People with MS have substantially higher levels of extracellular glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter. This impairs cellular homeostasis to cause excitotoxic stress. Large conductance Ca2

Indexed as

Multiple SclerosisMyelin SheathHumansLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsNeuroinflammatory DiseasesOligodendrogliaLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channelsbig conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channelKCNMA1KCNMB4oligodendrocytesremyelination

Identifiers

PMID34909188
PMCPMC8596180
OpenAlexW3187769147

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