In rabbits, clemastine depleted cells needed for MS repair

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Key Takeaway

In rabbits with damaged nerve covering, clemastine helped make repair cells but also depleted the cells that produce them.

What They Found

Researchers damaged nerve covering in rabbits, then gave them clemastine. Daily treatment for 56 days increased the production of cells that make nerve covering. Shorter treatment helped produce those cells but did not increase their overall number. The supply of cells that produce them shrank because too few replacement cells were made. Starting clemastine later led to signs of cell aging and changes in immune cells linked to inflammation.

Who Should Care and Why

This study was in rabbits, not people with MS. The researchers chose rabbits because repair in their damaged tissue more closely resembles repair in tissue from people with MS. The study looked at how clemastine affected cells involved in repairing nerve covering. It found different results depending on how long treatment lasted and when it began. These findings may matter to MS research, but the study did not test whether clemastine improved symptoms.

Important Considerations

You should know that researchers created areas of damaged nerve covering in rabbits; the rabbits did not have MS. The abstract does not give the number of rabbits studied. It is not known whether these cell changes also happen in people.

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