Proteomics of multiple sclerosis: inherent issues in defining the pathoetiology and identifying (early) biomarkers

MK Sen, MSM Almuslehi, PJ Shortland… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the human central nervous system
having an unconfirmed pathoetiology. Although animal models are used to mimic the …

Complement-associated loss of CA2 inhibitory synapses in the demyelinated hippocampus impairs memory

V Ramaglia, M Dubey, MA Malpede, N Petersen… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
The complement system is implicated in synapse loss in the MS hippocampus, but the
functional consequences of synapse loss remain poorly understood. Here, in post-mortem …

Effects of venlafaxine, risperidone and febuxostat on cuprizone-induced demyelination, behavioral deficits and oxidative stress

DP Mihai, A Ungurianu, CI Ciotu, MJM Fischer… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, autoimmune disease that affects a large number
of young adults. Novel therapies for MS are needed considering the efficiency and safety …

Characterisation of the mouse cerebellar proteome in the GFAP-IL6 model of chronic neuroinflammation

R Asgarov, MK Sen, M Mikhael, T Karl, E Gyengesi… - The Cerebellum, 2021 - Springer
GFAP-IL6 transgenic mice are characterised by astroglial and microglial activation
predominantly in the cerebellum, hallmarks of many neuroinflammatory conditions …

Gut microbiota changes in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and cuprizone mice models

L Moles, A Egimendia, I Osorio-Querejeta… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) characterized by the immune mediated attack on axons and the subsequent …

Icariin ameliorates the cuprizone-induced acute brain demyelination and modulates the number of oligodendrocytes, microglia and astrocytes in the brain of C57BL/6J …

H Cong, M Liang, Y Wang, H Chang, L Du… - Brain Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed at testing the hypothesis that treatment with icariin (ICA, a type of flavonoid)
could mitigate the cuprizone (CPZ)-induced acute demyelination in the brain of mice and the …

Oligodendrocyte-specific mechanisms of myelin thinning: Implications for neurodegenerative diseases

MK Sen, MJ Hossain - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Myelination is a fundamental molecular event within the vertebrate central nervous system
(CNS) where oligodendrocytes wrap around axons to form a myelin sheath which allows …

Histological and Top-Down Proteomic Analyses of the Visual Pathway Using the Cuprizone Demyelination Model

MSM Almuslehi, MK Sen, PJ Shortland, DA Mahns… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
A change in visual perception is a frequent early symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS), the
pathoetiology of which remains unclear. Following a slow demyelination process caused by …