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ArticleJournal of neurochemistry2024

Muscle-building supplement β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate stimulates the maturation of oligodendroglial progenitor cells to oligodendrocytes.

Malabendu Jana, Shelby Prieto, Sukhamoy Gorai, Sridevi Dasarathy, Madhuchhanda Kundu, Kalipada Pahan

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Article in Journal of neurochemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in nutrition · 2025
    Pooled it
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  3. Review
  4. Prospect of Muscle-Building Supplement HMB in Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of clinical & experimental immunology · 2026
    Article
  5. Build muscles and protect myelin.NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics · 2024
    Review
  6. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Malabendu JanaDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Shelby PrietoDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sukhamoy GoraiDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sridevi DasarathyDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Madhuchhanda KunduDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kalipada PahanDepartment of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6048-9598
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

Muscle building supplement HMB for remyelinationR01AT010980 · NCCIH · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PAHAN, KALIPADA · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
BLR&D Research Career Scientist ApplicationIK6BX004982 · VA · JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI KALIPADA PAHAN · 2020 to 2026
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BLRD VA IK6 BX004982CIT NIH HHS AT10980NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010980U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 1IK6 BX004982
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligodendrocytes are the myelinating cells in the CNS and multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disorder that is characterized by progressive loss of myelin. Although oligodendroglial progenitor cells (OPCs) should be differentiated into oligodendrocytes, for multiple reasons, OPCs fail to differentiate into oligodendrocytes in MS. Therefore, increasing the maturation of OPCs to oligodendrocytes may be of therapeutic benefit for MS. The β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB) is a muscle-building supplement in humans and this study underlines the importance of HMB in stimulating the maturation of OPCs to oligodendrocytes. HMB treatment upregulated the expression of different maturation markers including PLP, MBP, and MOG in cultured OPCs. Double-label immunofluorescence followed by immunoblot analyses confirmed the upregulation of OPC maturation by HMB. While investigating mechanisms, we found that HMB increased the maturation of OPCs isolated from peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationOligodendrogliaValeratesAnimalsCells, CulturedMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOligodendrocyte Precursor CellsPPAR-betabeta-hydroxyisovaleric acidPPAR-betaValeratesdifferentiationHMBmyelinationoligodendroglial progenitor cellsPPAR

Identifiers

PMID38419348
PMCPMC11260247
OpenAlexW4392288380

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