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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2013

Is there a role for treating inflammation in moyamoya disease?: a review of histopathology, genetics, and signaling cascades.

Adam M H Young, Surya K Karri, Christopher S Ogilvy, Ninghui Zhao

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Angiopoietin-2 associates with poor prognosis in Moyamoya angiopathy.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2024
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  10. Significance of cyclooxygenase-2 elevation in middle cerebral artery for patients with hemorrhagic moyamoya disease.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Adam M H YoungDepartment of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, MA , USA ; School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
Surya K Karri
Christopher S Ogilvy
Ninghui Zhao
Harvard University · USAddenbrooke's Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moyamoya disease is a slowly progressing steno-occlusive condition affecting the cerebrovasculature. Affecting the terminal internal carotid arteries (ICA) and there branches, bilaterally, a resulting in a fine vascular network in the base of the brain to allow for compensation of the stenosed vessels. While there is obvious evidence of the involvement of inflammatory proteins in the condition, this has historically not been acknowledged as a causal factor. Here we describe the fundamental histopathology, genetics, and signaling cascades involved in moyamoya and debate whether these factors can be linked as causal factor for the condition or whether they are simply a secondary result of the ischemia described in the condition. A particular focus has been placed on the multitude of signaling cascades linked to the condition as these are viewed as having the greatest therapeutic potential. As such we hope to draw some novel insight into potential diagnostic and therapeutic inflammatory targets in the condition.

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braingeneticsinflammationmoyamoya

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PMID23966972
PMCPMC3742998
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