Cord-Age-Gender Connections Shape the Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis Progressive Forms

Serge Nataf

doi:10.3390/ijms20205103

Cord-Age-Gender Connections Shape the Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis Progressive Forms

Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Oct 15;20(20):5103. doi: 10.3390/ijms20205103.

Author

Serge Nataf^{1

2

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Affiliations

¹ Bank of Tissues and Cells, Lyon University Hospital (Hospices Civils de Lyon), 69003 Lyon, France. serge.nataf@inserm.fr.
² CarMeN Laboratory, INSERM 1060, INRA 1397, INSA Lyon, 69621 Villeurbanne, France. serge.nataf@inserm.fr.
³ Lyon-Est School of Medicine, University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, F-69000 Lyon, France. serge.nataf@inserm.fr.

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that sex hormones, aging, and the occurrence of spinal cord (SC) tissue alterations exert combined effects on the development and outcome of multiple sclerosis (MS) progressive forms [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Humans
Male
Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / etiology*
Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / metabolism*
Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive / pathology
Sex Factors
Spinal Cord / metabolism*
Spinal Cord / pathology