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Oligodendrocyte-Specific FADD Deletion Protects Mice from Autoimmune-Mediated Demyelination
11 Nov 2010
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis of oligodendrocytes (ODCs), the myelin-producing glial cells in the CNS, plays a central role in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of multiple sclerosis. To investigate the mechanism behind ODC apoptosis in EAE, we made use of conditional knockout mice lacking the adaptor protein FADD specifically in ODCs...
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