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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2011

Toll-like receptor signaling in neural plasticity and disease.

Eitan Okun, Kathleen J Griffioen, Mark P Mattson

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 280 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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280citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

280 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Eitan OkunLaboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Kathleen J Griffioen
Mark P Mattson

Funding

Synaptic Plasticity In Aging And Neurodegenerative DisordersZIAAG000317 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2018
$8.5M
Neuroprotective And Neurorestorative Signaling Mechanisms in Alzheimer's DiseaseZIAAG000314 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2018
$6.7M
Cellular And Molecular Pathogenesis Of Alzheimer's DiseaseZIAAG000312 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2018
$6.4M
Apoptosis In Neurodegenerative DisordersZIAAG000313 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2018
$6.4M
Neuro-Immune Mechanisms in Brain Plasticity and AgingZIAAG000332 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2018
$4.2M
Apoptosis In Neurodegenerative DisordersZ01AG000313 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK P · 2001 to 2008
$2.1M
Neuroprotective &Neurorestorative Signaling MechanismsZ01AG000314 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK P · 2001 to 2008
$1.9M
Cellular And Molecular Pathogenesis Of Alzheimer'sZ01AG000312 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK P · 2001 to 2008
$1.9M
Synaptic Plasticity In Aging And Neurodegenerative DisordersZ01AG000317 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK P · 2001 to 2008
$1.7M
Stem Cells And NeurogenesisZIAAG000324 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI MATTSON, MARK · 2009 to 2014
$585k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of innate immune system receptors that respond to pathogen-derived and tissue damage-related ligands. TLR signaling in immune cells, glia and neurons can play roles in the pathogenesis of stroke, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). Recent findings suggest that TLR signaling also influences multiple dynamic processes in the developing and adult central nervous system including neurogenesis, axonal growth and structural plasticity. In addition, TLRs are implicated in the regulation of behaviors including learning, memory and anxiety. This review describes recently discovered and unexpected roles for TLRs in neuroplasticity, and the implications of these findings for future basic and translational research studies.

Indexed as

Neuronal PlasticitySignal TransductionAnimalsBrainBrain DiseasesHumansModels, NeurologicalNerve NetToll-Like ReceptorsToll-Like Receptors

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PMID21419501
PMCPMC3095763

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