Systematic screening of generic drugs for progressive multiple sclerosis identifies clomipramine as a promising therapeutic

Progressive multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central nervous system, for which effective treatment is lacking. The authors carry out a screen to identify orally available generic medications, and show that the antidepressant clomipramine reduces pathology in mous...

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Main Authors: Simon Faissner, Manoj Mishra, Deepak K. Kaushik, Jianxiong Wang, Yan Fan, Claudia Silva, Gail Rauw, Luanne Metz, Marcus Koch, V. Wee Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02119-6