摘要 |
Methods are provided for treating and preventing demyelinating diseases including multiple sclerosis, and traumatic injury to the central nervous system including brain trauma and spinal cord injury, by administering a compound or pharmaceutical composition of the invention. Useful compounds include hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor protein, fragments, fusion polypeptides and muteins thereof, and nucleic acid and expression vectors encoding such proteins. Other useful compounds include small molecule HGF/SF agonists and mimetics.
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