How does FGF2 simultaneously promote beneficial remyelination and detrimental neuroinflammation in MS?

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The abstract describes FGF2 as having dual roles - promoting myelination/remyelination while also contributing to neuroinflammation and disease exacerbation. The molecular mechanisms determining these opposing outcomes are not explained, limiting therapeutic targeting strategies. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Molecular mechanism and the main signaling pathways in the development and progression of multiple sclerosis. (2025, Experimental cell research, PMID:40992569)

Priority: 0.80 Domain: neuroinflammation Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: How does FGF2 simultaneously promote beneficial remyelination and detrimental neuroinflammation in MS? is a 0.8 priority gap in neuroinflammation. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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How does FGF2 simultaneously promote beneficial remyelination and detrimental neuroinflammation in MS? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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activates (4)

FGF2EGR1FGF2MAPK1FGF2MAPK3FGF2Fibrosis

associated with (13)

FGF2Fibroblast ActivationSPINK5MSSTSMSB cellsMSPI3KFGF2
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binds (2)

ITGB3FGF2ITGAVFGF2

biomarker for (5)

FGF2Amyloid PathologyCD19MSFGF2AlzheimerFGF2AlsFGF2Inflammation

causes (7)

MSDEMYELINATIONMSNEURODEGENERATIONFGF2fibroblast activationMSAXONAL_DAMAGEINFLAMMATION_1MS
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expressed in (2)

FGF2Endothelial CellsFGF2stem cells

implicated in (3)

STINGMSS1P receptorsMSS1PMS

inhibits (4)

FGF2 mutant (K119E/R120E/K125E)FGF2FGF2AlsFGF2HypertensionFGF2Ms

interacts with (1)

INTEGRIN ΑVΒ3FGF2

involved in (1)

FGF2Angiogenesis

participates in (1)

FGF2autophagy pathway

promotes (3)

FGF2angiogenesisFGF2DNA synthesisFGF2stem cell proliferation

regulates (2)

EGR1FGF2MSCNS

upregulates (2)

EGR1FGF2FGF2Amyloid Pathology
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