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Given recent progress in our understanding of oligodendrocyte biology, significant attention has been directed toward cell therapy for myelin repair and remyelination. This trend has been reinforced by findings about the importance of white matter lesions in a variety of central nervous system (CNS) diseases, including demyelinating diseases as well as brain or spinal cord trauma and degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. Remyelination strategies include the implementation of myelin forming cells and the surrounding conditions and pathological disease context. Successful remyelination requires proper number of cells at the required location and subsequent maturation. Those processes involve variety of molecules, related to oligodendrocyte development or inflammation in the lesion. Understanding and manipulation of the functions of those molecules may improve the outcome of the cell therapies toward remyelination. Furthermore, the development of monitoring method for myelination is also anticipated to evaluate the effects of therapeutic interventions.
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Ogata, T. (2019). Therapeutic Strategies for Oligodendrocyte-Mediated Remyelination. In: Sango, K., Yamauchi, J., Ogata, T., Susuki, K. (eds) Myelin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1190. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9636-7_17
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