[HTML][HTML] Neurotransmitters—key factors in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders of the central nervous system

RI Teleanu, AG Niculescu, E Roza… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurotransmitters are molecules that amplify, transmit, and convert signals in cells, having
an essential role in information transmission throughout the nervous system. Hundreds of …

[HTML][HTML] Oligodendrocyte death and myelin loss in the cuprizone model: an updated overview of the intrinsic and extrinsic causes of cuprizone demyelination

M Zirngibl, P Assinck, A Sizov, AV Caprariello… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background The dietary consumption of cuprizone–a copper chelator–has long been known
to induce demyelination of specific brain structures and is widely used as model of multiple …

Potential drug targets for multiple sclerosis identified through Mendelian randomization analysis

J Lin, J Zhou, Y Xu - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is a complex autoimmune disease, and several therapies for multiple
sclerosis have been developed and widely used. However, existing medications for multiple …

Ponesimod compared with teriflunomide in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis in the active-comparator phase 3 OPTIMUM study: a randomized clinical trial

L Kappos, RJ Fox, M Burcklen, MS Freedman… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To our knowledge, the Oral Ponesimod Versus Teriflunomide In Relapsing
Multiple Sclerosis (OPTIMUM) trial is the first phase 3 study comparing 2 oral disease …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical applications of stem cell-derived exosomes

F Tan, X Li, Z Wang, J Li, K Shahzad… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Although stem cell-based therapy has demonstrated considerable potential to manage
certain diseases more successfully than conventional surgery, it nevertheless comes with …

Retinal applications of swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA)

I Lains, JC Wang, Y Cui, R Katz, F Vingopoulos… - Progress in retinal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The advent of optical coherence tomography (OCT) revolutionized both clinical assessment
and research of vitreoretinal conditions. Since then, extraordinary advances have been …

Applications of deep learning techniques for automated multiple sclerosis detection using magnetic resonance imaging: A review

A Shoeibi, M Khodatars, M Jafari, P Moridian… - Computers in Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a type of brain disease which causes visual, sensory, and motor
problems for people with a detrimental effect on the functioning of the nervous system. In …

Immune cell regulation of glia during CNS injury and disease

AD Greenhalgh, S David, FC Bennett - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Glial cells are abundant in the CNS and are essential for brain development and
homeostasis. These cells also regulate tissue recovery after injury and their dysfunction is a …

The role of TH17 cells in multiple sclerosis: Therapeutic implications

T Moser, K Akgün, U Proschmann, J Sellner… - Autoimmunity …, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous
system (CNS) where immunopathology is thought to be mediated by myelin-reactive CD4+ T …

The mutual interplay of gut microbiota, diet and human disease

P Illiano, R Brambilla, C Parolini - The FEBS journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The intestinal milieu harbours the gut microbiota, consisting of a complex community of
bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and protozoans that bring to the host organism an …