Multiple sclerosis progression: time for a new mechanism-driven framework

T Kuhlmann, M Moccia, T Coetzee, JA Cohen… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Traditionally, multiple sclerosis has been categorised by distinct clinical descriptors—
relapsing-remitting, secondary progressive, and primary progressive—for patient care …

Neuron-oligodendrocyte interactions in the structure and integrity of axons

GJ Duncan, TJ Simkins, B Emery - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The myelination of axons by oligodendrocytes is a highly complex cell-to-cell interaction.
Oligodendrocytes and axons have a reciprocal signaling relationship in which …

STING orchestrates the neuronal inflammatory stress response in multiple sclerosis

MS Woo, C Mayer, L Binkle-Ladisch, JK Sonner… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Inflammation-induced neurodegeneration is a defining feature of multiple sclerosis (MS), yet
the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. By dissecting the neuronal inflammatory stress …

Motor learning promotes remyelination via new and surviving oligodendrocytes

CM Bacmeister, HJ Barr, CR McClain… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Oligodendrocyte loss in neurological disease leaves axons vulnerable to damage and
degeneration, and activity-dependent myelination may represent an endogenous …

Fluorogenic chemical probes for wash-free imaging of cell membrane damage in ferroptosis, necrosis, and axon Injury

P Mauker, D Beckmann, A Kitowski… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Selectively labeling cells with damaged membranes is needed not only for identifying dead
cells in culture, but also for imaging membrane barrier dysfunction in pathologies in vivo …

Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease

DA Ammendolia, WM Bement, JH Brumell - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Plasma membrane integrity is essential for cellular homeostasis. In vivo, cells experience
plasma membrane damage from a multitude of stressors in the extra-and intra-cellular …

Actomyosin-II protects axons from degeneration induced by mild mechanical stress

X Pan, Y Hu, G Lei, Y Wei, J Li, T Luan, Y Zhang… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - rupress.org
Whether, to what extent, and how the axons in the central nervous system (CNS) can
withstand sudden mechanical impacts remain unclear. By using a microfluidic device to …

Myelin insulation as a risk factor for axonal degeneration in autoimmune demyelinating disease

E Schäffner, M Bosch-Queralt, JM Edgar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Axonal degeneration determines the clinical outcome of multiple sclerosis and is thought to
result from exposure of denuded axons to immune-mediated damage. Therefore, myelin is …

Live imaging reveals the cellular events downstream of SARM1 activation

KW Ko, L Devault, Y Sasaki, J Milbrandt, A DiAntonio - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
SARM1 is an inducible NAD+ hydrolase that triggers axon loss and neuronal cell death in
the injured and diseased nervous system. While SARM1 activation and enzyme function are …

The fate and function of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells after traumatic spinal cord injury

GJ Duncan, SB Manesh, BJ Hilton, P Assinck… - Glia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) are the most proliferative and dispersed population
of progenitor cells in the adult central nervous system, which allows these cells to rapidly …