Background: Patients chronically exposed to air pollution suffer myelin damage and neuroinflammation that can inhibit axonal regeneration. Our group has demonstrated that diesel exhaust particulate ...

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The number of injections depends on the drug: Glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) is a manufactured substance that resembles a basic protein of natural myelin. It’s thought to work by prompting the ...

Scientists believe glatiramer acetate mimics a protein found in myelin and distracts your immune system from ... and may help you lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. The basic guidelines suggest ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...

The cells were then washed with PBS to remove any non-ingested myelin debris before preceding with immunocytochemistry staining. CSPG4 protein in BMDMΦ was quantified by a commercial quantitative ...

Myelin facilitates the fast transmission of nerve impulses ... 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) or mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK; Newbern and Birchmeier, 2010).

Myelin biology and repair refers to the science of myelin physiology, manufacture, and how myelin damage in either the peripheral or central nervous systems can be repaired. Myelin – produced by ...

3,4 In this review, after summarising the basic concepts on the architecture ... At the node (about 1 μm in length), the myelin is interrupted and the axolemma is in direct contact with the ...