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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2013

Reciprocal modulation between microglia and astrocyte in reactive gliosis following the CNS injury.

Zhongwen Gao, Qingsan Zhu, Yiping Zhang, Yingzheng Zhao, Lu Cai, Christopher B Shields, Jun Cai

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhongwen GaoDepartment of Spine Surgery, the First Hospital of Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
Qingsan Zhu
Yiping Zhang
Yingzheng Zhao
Lu Cai
Christopher B Shields
Jun Cai
Norton Healthcare · USBaxter (United States) · USFirst Hospital of Jilin University · CNJilin University · CNUniversity of Louisville · USWenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

U-SHAPED DEVELOPMENT IN INFANT COGNITION AND PERCEPTIONP20RR017702 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI CAI, JUN · 2002 to 2011
$15.0M
Molecular Determinants of Developmental DefectsP20GM103453 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI GREENE, ROBERT M · 2012 to 2012
$1.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017702NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103453NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM103453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactive gliosis, also known as glial scar formation, is an inflammatory response characterized by the proliferation of microglia and astrocytes as well as astrocytic hypertrophy following injury in the central nervous system (CNS). The glial scar forms a physical and molecular barrier to isolate the injured area from adjacent normal nervous tissue for re-establishing the integrity of the CNS. It prevents the further spread of cellular damage but represents an obstacle to regrowing axons. In this review, we integrated the current findings to elucidate the tightly reciprocal modulation between activated microglia and astrocytes in reactive gliosis and proposed that modification of cellular response to the injury or cellular reprogramming in the glial scar could lead advances in axon regeneration and functional recovery after the CNS injury.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesCentral Nervous SystemGliosisHumansInflammationMicroglia

Identifiers

PMID23613214
PMCPMC4079114
OpenAlexW1993152909

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