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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2011

The blood-brain barrier, chemokines and multiple sclerosis.

David W Holman, Robyn S Klein, Richard M Ransohoff

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 241 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The epidemiology, pathology and pathogenesis of MS: Therapeutic implications.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  7. Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Neuroimmunological Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  15. GANAB andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  17. CD4Journal of neuroinflammation · 2022
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  19. Gateway Reflex and Mechanotransduction.Frontiers in immunology · 2021
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45 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David W HolmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Robyn S Klein
Richard M Ransohoff
Washington University in St. Louis · USCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · US

Funding

Validating diffusion MRI biomarkers of inflammation and axon pathologies in EAEP01NS059560 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SONG, SHENG-KWEI · 2008 to 2018
$11.3M
Neuroprotection and repair during West Nile Virus EncephalitisR01NS052632 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KLEIN, ROBYN S. · 2005 to 2020
$5.0M
NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS059560NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052632
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The infiltration of leukocytes into the central nervous system (CNS) is an essential step in the neuropathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). Leukocyte extravasation from the bloodstream is a multistep process that depends on several factors including fluid dynamics within the vasculature and molecular interactions between circulating leukocytes and the vascular endothelium. An important step in this cascade is the presence of chemokines on the vascular endothelial cell surface. Chemokines displayed along the endothelial lumen bind chemokine receptors on circulating leukocytes, initiating intracellular signaling that culminates in integrin activation, leukocyte arrest, and extravasation. The presence of chemokines at the endothelial lumen can help guide the movement of leukocytes through peripheral tissues during normal immune surveillance, host defense or inflammation. The expression and display of homeostatic or inflammatory chemokines therefore critically determine which leukocyte subsets extravasate and enter the peripheral tissues. Within the CNS, however, infiltrating leukocytes that cross the endothelium face additional boundaries to parenchymal entry, including the abluminal presence of localizing cues that prevent egress from perivascular spaces. This review focuses on the differential display of chemokines along endothelial surfaces and how they impact leukocyte extravasation into parenchymal tissues, especially within the CNS. In particular, the display of chemokines by endothelial cells of the blood brain barrier may be altered during CNS autoimmune disease, promoting leukocyte entry into this immunologically distinct site. Recent advances in microscopic techniques, including two-photon and intravital imaging have provided new insights into the mechanisms of chemokine-mediated capture of leukocytes within the CNS.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCell MovementChemokinesEndotheliumHumansImmunity, InnateLeukocytesLymphoid TissueModels, ImmunologicalModels, NeurologicalMultiple SclerosisReceptors, ChemokineChemokinesReceptors, Chemokine

Identifiers

PMID20692338
PMCPMC3005102
OpenAlexW2118970001

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