Remyelination Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis By Jordan Burnett With Dr. Gullo clerosis.jpg
Multiple Sclerosis Past Treatments Intro to Remyelination Remyelinating drug trials Why I chose this project – Father has Primary-progressive MS – Interested in the developing treatments Overview and Inspiration
An immune- mediated/autoimmune disease Immune system attacks myelin Four types: 1. Relapsing-remitting 2. Secondary-progressive 3. Primary-progressive 4. Progressive-relapsing Multiple Sclerosis content/uploads/2014/02/Multiple-Sclerosis-myelin.jpg
Slow disease progression – Immune modulating drugs o More beneficial in Relapsing-remitting Treat relapses Manage symptoms Rehabilitate functioning Past Treatments
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Generation of new myelin sheaths around axons in adult brains Two major steps 1. Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells (OPCs) colonize lesions 2. OPCs differentiate into myelinating oligodendrocytes Remyelination
Remyelinating drugs: – Anti-LINGO-1 – rHIgM22 – Anti-SEMA4D Many more in trial Remyelination /c0b c6a-11d4-8c de0829/bio1.jpg
Is remyelination a feasible treatment for MS? What are the drugs in trial for remyelination? – How were these drug targets discovered? – What are the drugs’ mechanisms? Research Questions
sema4d-antibody-targeting-ms.html Chari, Divya M. “Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis”. International Review of Neurobiology. 79 (2007): Web. 14 Feb announces-phase-1-results-for-remyelinating-antibody-in-multiple- sclerosis/ Works Cited