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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Multiple sclerosis: etiology in the context of neurovascular unit and immune system involvement and advancements with

Aya A El-Taibany, Parichehr Heydarian, Daniel A Porada, Michael C Seeds, Anthony Atala

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aya A El-TaibanyWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Parichehr HeydarianWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Daniel A PoradaWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Michael C SeedsWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
Anthony AtalaWake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis affects a significant portion of the world's adult population and is the most common nontraumatic neuroimmunology disorder. Although the specific etiology of multiple sclerosis remains unknown, it has been associated with autoimmune components. While current treatment options relieve some symptoms in MS patients, most are immunosuppressive and only delay the progression of the disease without conferring definitive curative measures. Hence, a thorough understanding of disease pathobiology, the contribution of the neurovascular unit (NVU), and biological body-on-a-chip systems that replicate the blood-brain barrier may open new horizons for the discovery of potential therapeutics for MS.

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Blood-Brain BarrierImmune SystemMultiple SclerosisAnimalsHumansautoimme diseaseblood brain barrierin-vitro modelmultiple sclerosisneuroinf lammationneurovascular unit

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PMID40557144
PMCPMC12185290

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