To date, clinical testing of disease-modifying treatments has focused on substitution or repair of the remaining dopamine synthesizing neurons following diagnosis. At diagnosis, many of the still surviving and functioning, but already affected neurons have lost most of their axons and are primed for cell death. A more promising therapeutic concept may be the stimulation of an existing, endogenous repair system in the peripheral and central nervous systems. The abundant protein repulsive guidance molecule A blocks restoration and neurogenesis, both of which are mediated via the neogenin receptor. Inhibition of the physiological effects of repulsive guidance molecule A is an endogenous available repair pathway in chronic neurodegeneration. Antagonism of this protein with antibodies or stimulation of the neogenin receptor should be considered as an initial repair step. It is an alternative to cell replacement, stem cell or associated cell secretome concepts.
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Can somebody explain to me what "RGMa antagonism" is and how I can do this?
I've been trying to sort that paper out all day.
Published: 15 February 2021
Inhibition of repulsive guidance molecule-a protects dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
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Good thing I read this! I was about to try and buy some RGMa, when what I need is antibodies to RGMa injected in me.
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