Publications by authors named "Josselyne Mansilla"
Article Synopsis
- Understanding how platelets influence oligodendrocyte progenitor cell (OPC) function is crucial for developing treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Research shows that platelets aggregate near OPCs in demyelinated areas, and reducing platelets leads to impaired OPC differentiation and remyelination.
- The study indicates that platelets have a dual role in remyelination, enhancing OPC differentiation initially but suppressing it with prolonged exposure, providing insights into remyelination challenges in MS.
Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is a tyrosine kinase receptor expressed in epithelial cells from different tissues in which collagen binding activates pleiotropic functions. In the brain, DDR1 is mainly expressed in oligodendrocytes (OLs), the function of which is unclear. Whether collagen can activate DDR1 in OLs has not been studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMultiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Upon demyelination, oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) are activated and they proliferate, migrate and differentiate into myelin-producing oligodendrocytes. Besides OPCs, neural stem cells (NSCs) may respond to demyelination and generate oligodendrocytes.
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