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Fingolimod: A Disease-Modifier Drug in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics - 1 Oct 2016
Potenza Rosa Luisa, De Simone Roberta, Armida Monica, Mazziotti Valentina, Pèzzola Antonella, Popoli Patrizia, Minghetti Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Fingolimod phosphate (FTY720), the first approved oral therapy for multiple sclerosis, primarily acts as an immunomodulator. Its concomitant effects in the central nervous system, however, indicate a potentially broader spectrum of activity in neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study, we investigated the possible effects of fingolimod in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a...
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