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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2025

From diagnosis to treatment: exploring the mechanisms underlying optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis.

Bin Tong, Xin Zhang, Haijian Hu, Huayi Yang, Xifeng Wang, Maolin Zhong, Fan Yang, Fuzhou Hua

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Bin Tong *Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Xin Zhang *Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Haijian Hu *Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Huayi YangNanchang Medical College, Nanchang, 330004, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Xifeng WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Maolin ZhongDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, No.128, Jinling Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 34100, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Fan YangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, People's Hospital of Ruijin City, Ruijin, 342500, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China. 278027141@qq.com.
Fuzhou HuaDepartment of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330006, Jiangxi, People's Republic of China. huafuzhou@126.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6718-6490

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82060219National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271234Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20202BBGL7305 8Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20202BBGL73105Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20212ACB216009Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20212BAB216048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system, commonly causing sensory disturbances, motor weakness, impaired gait, incoordination and optic neuritis (ON). According to the statistics, up to 50% of MS patients experience vision problems during the disease course, suffering from blurred vision, pain, color vision deficits, and even blindness. Treatments have progressed from corticosteroids to therapies targeted against B/T cells. This review comprehensively and systematically reappraises the diagnostic methods for visual impairment in MS patients. It also summarizes the most recent treatment approaches and effective medications for ON in MS. Finally, we examine the immunoinflammatory mechanisms that underlie lesions in the central nervous system in multiple sclerosis, in order to direct future investigations to confirm these mechanisms in the visual pathway.

Indexed as

Multiple SclerosisOptic NeuritisHumansDiagnosisMechanismMultiple sclerosisNeuroinflammationOptic neuritisOxidative stressTherapyVisual impairment

Identifiers

PMID39838397
PMCPMC11748848

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