Myelin recovery in multiple sclerosis: the challenge of remyelination

M Podbielska, NL Banik, E Kurowska, EL Hogan - Brain sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating and an autoimmune disease of
the central nervous system characterized by immune-mediated myelin and axonal damage …

Metabolic injury to axons and myelin

S Tsutsui, PK Stys - Experimental neurology, 2013 - Elsevier
CNS white matter, the collection of axons and supporting glia of the mammalian CNS,
makes up close to 50% of the human brain by volume. Interruption of vital interconnects …

Compromised axon initial segment integrity in EAE is preceded by microglial reactivity and contact

KC Clark, A Josephson, SD Benusa, RK Hartley… - Glia, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Axonal pathology is a key contributor to long‐term disability in multiple sclerosis (MS), an
inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS), but the …

Targeting enolase in reducing secondary damage in acute spinal cord injury in rats

A Haque, M Capone, D Matzelle, A Cox… - Neurochemical research, 2017 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex debilitating condition leading to permanent life-long
neurological deficits. The complexity of SCI suggests that a concerted multi-targeted …

Calpain inhibitor attenuated optic nerve damage in acute optic neuritis in rats

A Das, MK Guyton, A Smith, G Wallace IV… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Optic neuritis (ON), which is an acute inflammatory autoimmune demyelinating disease of
the central nervous system (CNS), often occurs in multiple sclerosis (MS). ON is an early …

Nimodipine confers clinical improvement in two models of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

J Ingwersen, L De Santi, B Wingerath… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis is characterised by inflammatory neurodegeneration, with axonal injury
and neuronal cell death occurring in parallel to demyelination. Regarding the molecular …

Effects of a novel orally administered calpain inhibitor SNJ‐1945 on immunomodulation and neurodegeneration in a murine model of multiple sclerosis

N Trager, A Smith, G Wallace IV… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology is marked by the massive infiltration of myelin‐specific T
cells into the CNS. Hallmarks of T helper (Th) cells during active disease are pro …

Exacerbation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in prion protein (PrPc)-null mice: evidence for a critical role of the central nervous system

P Gourdain, C Ballerini, AB Nicot… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background The cellular prion protein (PrPc) is a host-encoded glycoprotein whose
transconformation into PrP scrapie (PrPSc) initiates prion diseases. The role of PrPc in …

Calcium influx and calpain activation mediate preclinical retinal neurodegeneration in autoimmune optic neuritis

DB Hoffmann, SK Williams, B Jovana… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Optic neuritis is a common manifestation of multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory
demyelinating disease of the CNS. Recently, the neurodegenerative component of multiple …

Calpeptin attenuated inflammation, cell death, and axonal damage in animal model of multiple sclerosis

MK Guyton, A Das, S Samantaray… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an animal model for studying multiple
sclerosis (MS). Calpain has been implicated in many inflammatory and neurodegenerative …