In mice, removing a cell signal helped repair MS damage

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In mice, removing a signal released by brain cells improved repair of damaged nerve covering and reduced disease severity.

What They Found

Damaged areas in donated MS brain tissue had more of a signal called clusterin in certain brain cells. Female mice with MS-like disease also had more of this signal in damaged areas. In lab tests, added clusterin slowed the growth of cells that make nerve covering and caused some to die. It also made other brain cells less able to clear damaged nerve covering. Removing clusterin in mice improved repair of nerve covering and reduced disease severity.

Who Should Care and Why

Researchers studied female mice with MS-like disease, donated MS brain tissue, and cells in a dish. The brain tissue showed that clusterin was more common in active areas of damage. The mouse and cell tests examined whether clusterin could interfere with repair. The findings concern the repair of nerve covering, which is damaged in MS. The abstract does not name a specific form of MS in the people whose tissue was studied.

Important Considerations

You should know that the repair findings came from mice and cells, not from a treatment study in people. The abstract does not give the number of mice or tissue donors. It does not show whether removing clusterin would help people with MS.

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