Design and screening of a glial cell-specific, cell penetrating peptide for therapeutic applications in multiple sclerosis.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by demyelination through glial cell loss. Current and proposed therapeutic strategies to arrest demyelination and/or promote further remyelination include: (i) modulation of the host...

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Main Authors: Corey Heffernan, Huseyin Sumer, Gilles J Guillemin, Ursula Manuelpillai, Paul J Verma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23049807/pdf/?tool=EBI