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ReviewNeuroscience2009

Inflammation and the neurovascular unit in the setting of focal cerebral ischemia.

G J del Zoppo

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Review in Neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
139citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

139 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 243 citations in OpenAlex.

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79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

G J del ZoppoDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 359756, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. grdlzop@u.washington.edu
Harborview Medical Center · US

Funding

Neurovascular Adhesion Receptors and Barrier IntegrityR01NS053716 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DEL ZOPPO, GREGORY J · 2006 to 2016
$3.5M
Matrix Metalloproteinases and Neurons in Focal IschemiaR37NS038710 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DEL ZOPPO, GREGORY J · 2004 to 2010
$3.2M
MICROVASCULAR OCCLUSIONS--ACUTE FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIAR01NS026945 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI DEL ZOPPO, GREGORY J · 1989 to 2004
$2.2M
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES AND NEURONS IN FOCAL ISCHEMIAR01NS038710 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI DEL ZOPPO, GREGORY J · 1999 to 2002
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026945NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038710NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS053716NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS038710
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Responses to focal cerebral ischemia by neurons and adjacent microvessels are rapid, simultaneous, and topographically related. Recent observations indicate the simultaneous appearance of proteases by components of nearby microvessels that are also expressed by neurons in the ischemic territory, implying that the events could be coordinated. The structural relationship of neurons to their microvascular supply, the direct functional participation of glial cells, and the observation of a highly ordered microvessel-neuron response to ischemia suggest that these elements are arranged in and behave in a unitary fashion, the neurovascular unit. Their roles as a unit in the stimulation of cellular inflammation and the generation of inflammatory mediators during focal cerebral ischemia have not been explored yet. However, components of the neurovascular unit both generate and respond to these influences under the conditions of ischemia. Here we briefly explore the potential inter-relationships of the components of the neurovascular unit with respect to their potential roles in ischemia-induced inflammatory responses.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasement MembraneBlood-Brain BarrierBrain IschemiaCapillariesCell CommunicationEncephalitisEndothelial CellsHumansMicrocirculationNeurogliaNeurons

Identifiers

PMID18824084
PMCPMC2665879
OpenAlexW2126479164

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