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Time to revisit oligodendrocytes in multiple sclerosis

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The analysis of autopsy material from individuals with multiple sclerosis with single-cell transcriptomics and 14C carbon dating calls for a reevaluation of mature oligodendrocytes in myelin repair.

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Fig. 1: Mature oligodendrocytes are heterogeneous in multiple sclerosis.

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Nave, KA., Ehrenreich, H. Time to revisit oligodendrocytes in multiple sclerosis. Nat Med 25, 364–366 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0388-4

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