MS: Timed treatment restored mouse myelin cell activity

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In mice, a timed treatment restored the activity of myelin-making cells after damage, while cells from people with MS showed related changes.

What They Found

In young adult mice, cells that can make myelin grew and matured at different rates throughout the day. These daily patterns were disrupted in older mice. Disabling a gene that helps keep the body's daily rhythm disrupted how the cells used energy and slowed their activity. After damage to nerve coverings, a timed treatment restored activity in cells with that gene disabled. Cells grown from people with MS and cells in MS brain lesions showed related changes.

Who Should Care and Why

The researchers studied mice, cells grown from people with MS, and cells in MS brain lesions. They focused on cells that can make myelin, the protective covering around nerves. Problems with these cells may limit myelin renewal with aging and contribute to MS progression. The mouse findings link cell activity to the time of day. The human cell findings show related changes, but do not show that a timed treatment helps people with MS.

Important Considerations

You should know the timed treatment was tested in mice, not in people with MS. The abstract does not give the number of mice or human cell samples studied. You cannot tell from this study whether the treatment would repair myelin or slow MS progression in people.

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Early Research MS Progression

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