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Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling through type 1 IGF receptor plays an important role in remyelination.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 20 Aug 2003
Mason Jeffrey L, Xuan Shouhong, Dragatsis Ioannis, Efstratiadis Argiris, Goldman James E
Abstract excerpt
We examined the role of IGF signaling in the remyelination process by disrupting the gene encoding the type 1 IGF receptor (IGF1R) specifically in the mouse brain by Cre-mediated recombination and then exposing these mutants and normal siblings to cuprizone. This neurotoxicant induces a demyelinating lesion in the corpus callosum that is reversible on termination of the insult. Acute demyelination and...
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