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ArticleDrugs of the future2009

SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND IN DEMENTIA.

B Giunta, K P Figueroa, T Town, J Tan

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Article in Drugs of the future, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Prevention of brain damage after traumatic brain injury by pharmacological enhancement of KCNQ (Kv7, "M-type") KJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

B GiuntaDepartments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine, Institute for Research in Psychiatry Neuroimmunology Laboratory, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33613, USA.
K P Figueroa
T Town
J Tan
Florida College · US

Funding

CD40 Modulation of Abeta-Vaccine Immune ResponseR01NS048335 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI TAN, JUN · 2004 to 2007
$1.1M
Blocking TGF-Beta immune signaling as a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's diseasR00AG029726 · NIA · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOWN, TERRENCE C · 2008 to 2010
$790k
The Role of HIV-1 Tat in Alzheimer's DiseaseK08MH082642 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI GIUNTA, BRIAN · 2008 to 2011
$576k
NIA NIH HHS R00 AG029726NIMH NIH HHS K08 MH082642NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some 15-20% of the population over the age of 65 years suffer from dementia, currently one of the leading causes of death behind cardiovascular diseases, cancer and cerebrovascular diseases. The major forms of dementia share in common overactivation of the CD40-CD40-L complex, leading to high levels of proinflammatory cytokine production by immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS), including microglia and astrocytes. Consequently, both neuronal survival and signaling are negatively affected, leading to the characteristic progressive loss of higher cortical functions. We have reviewed the literature concerning the involvement of this complex in the pathology of three major forms of dementia: Alzheimer's-type, HIV-associated and vascular dementia. This is followed by a discussion of current preclinical and clinical therapies that may influence this interaction, and thus point the way toward a future neuroimmunological approach to inhibiting the effects of CD40-CD40-L in neuropsychiatric disease.

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PMID19777117
PMCPMC2748392
OpenAlexW2022794982

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