CNS remyelination and inflammation: From basic mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

RJM Franklin, M Simons - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Remyelination, the myelin regenerative response that follows demyelination, restores
saltatory conduction and function and sustains axon health. Its declining efficiency with …

[HTML][HTML] Myelin in the central nervous system: structure, function, and pathology

C Stadelmann, S Timmler… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Oligodendrocytes generate multiple layers of myelin membrane around axons of the central
nervous system to enable fast and efficient nerve conduction. Until recently, saltatory nerve …

Pathogenic mechanisms associated with different clinical courses of multiple sclerosis

H Lassmann - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the majority of patients multiple sclerosis starts with a relapsing remitting course (RRMS),
which may at later times transform into secondary progressive disease (SPMS). In a minority …

Multiple sclerosis pathology

H Lassmann - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central
nervous system (CNS), which gives rise to focal lesions in the gray and white matter and to …

Mechanism-based criteria to improve therapeutic outcomes in progressive multiple sclerosis

HYF Yong, VW Yong - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
In contrast to the multiple disease-modifying therapies that are available for relapsing–
remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), the therapeutic options for progressive MS (PMS) are …

Central nervous system macrophages in progressive multiple sclerosis: relationship to neurodegeneration and therapeutics

E Kamma, W Lasisi, C Libner, HS Ng… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
There are over 15 disease-modifying drugs that have been approved over the last 20 years
for the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (MS), but there are limited …

How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration

RM Ransohoff - Science, 2016 - science.org
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal lobar dementia are among the most …

Regenerating CNS myelin—from mechanisms to experimental medicines

RJM Franklin, C Ffrench-Constant - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Although the core concept of remyelination—based on the activation, migration, proliferation
and differentiation of CNS progenitors—has not changed over the past 20 years, our …

Ageing, cellular senescence and neurodegenerative disease

M Kritsilis, S V. Rizou, PN Koutsoudaki… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for developing many neurodegenerative diseases. Cellular
senescence is a homeostatic biological process that has a key role in driving ageing. There …

Defective cholesterol clearance limits remyelination in the aged central nervous system

L Cantuti-Castelvetri, D Fitzner, M Bosch-Queralt… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Age-associated decline in regeneration capacity limits the restoration of nervous system
functionality after injury. In a model for demyelination, we found that old mice fail to resolve …