Journal
NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY
Volume 16, Issue 9, Pages 617-634Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2017.115
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- Alberta Innovates Health Solutions CRIO Team Program
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Alberta Innovates [201400502, 201300669] Funding Source: researchfish
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Multiple sclerosis is characterized by inflammatory activity that results in destruction of the myelin sheaths that enwrap axons. The currently available medications for multiple sclerosis are predominantly immune-modulating and do not directly promote repair. White matter regeneration, or remyelination, is a new and exciting potential approach to treating multiple sclerosis, as remyelination repairs the damaged regions of the central nervous system. A wealth of new strategies in animal models that promote remyelination, including the repopulation of oligodendrocytes that produce myelin, has led to several clinical trials to test new reparative therapies. In this Review, we highlight the biology of, and obstacles to, remyelination. We address new strategies to improve remyelination in preclinical models, highlight the therapies that are currently undergoing clinical trials and discuss the challenges of objectively measuring remyelination in trials of repair in multiple sclerosis.
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