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ReviewGlia2025

Multiple Sclerosis: Glial Cell Diversity in Time and Space.

Susanne M Kooistra, Lucas Schirmer

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Review in Glia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Splenial lesions of the corpus callosum: a comprehensive study on etiology, clinical presentation, radiological features, and prognostic insights.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Susanne M KooistraDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0211-8283
Lucas SchirmerDepartment of Neurology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7142-4116

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft GRK 2727Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SCHI 1330/2-1, 4-1, and 11-14-1, and 11-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SPP 2395European Research Council 950584nationaal ms fondsNational Multiple Sclerosis Society RFA-2203-39300Stichting MS Research #16-947Stichting MS Research #20-1104Stichting MS Research #22-1177Stichting MS Research #23-733e
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most prevalent human inflammatory disease of the central nervous system with demyelination and glial scar formation as pathological hallmarks. Glial cells are key drivers of lesion progression in MS with roles in both tissue damage and repair depending on the surrounding microenvironment and the functional state of the individual glial subtype. In this review, we describe recent developments in the context of glial cell diversity in MS summarizing key findings with respect to pathological and maladaptive functions related to disease-associated glial subtypes. A particular focus is on the spatial and temporal dynamics of glial cells including subtypes of microglia, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes. We contextualize recent high-dimensional findings suggesting that glial cells dynamically change with respect to epigenomic, transcriptomic, and metabolic features across the inflamed rim and during the progression of MS lesions. In summary, detailed knowledge of spatially restricted glial subtype functions is critical for a better understanding of MS pathology and its pathogenesis as well as the development of novel MS therapies targeting specific glial cell types.

Indexed as

Multiple SclerosisNeurogliaAnimalsHumansastrocytesdemyelinationmicroglianeuroinflammationoligodendrocytes

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PMID39719685
PMCPMC11784844

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