PPAR Research
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 627463, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/627463
Review Article

PPAR-γ: Therapeutic Potential for Multiple Sclerosis

Paul D. Drew,1 Jihong Xu,1 and Michael K. Racke2

1Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Biomedical Research Building II, Room 563-2, 4301 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
2Department of Neurology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

Received 7 April 2008; Accepted 2 June 2008

Academic Editor: Saleh Ibrahim

Copyright © 2008 Paul D. Drew et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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