Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

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

  • Simon Faissner,
  • Manoj Mishra,
  • Deepak K. Kaushik,
  • Jianxiong Wang,
  • Yan Fan,
  • Claudia Silva,
  • Gail Rauw,
  • Luanne Metz,
  • Marcus Koch,
  • V. Wee Yong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02119-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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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 mouse models.