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ReviewAgeing research reviews2014

The role of inflammasome in Alzheimer's disease.

Li Liu, Christina Chan

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Review in Ageing research reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
92citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
12.1field-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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Association between TNF-α promoter -308 A/G polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2015
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  18. Role of NLRP3 Inflammasomes in Neurodegenerative Diseases.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2023
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32 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li LiuDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Christina ChanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: krischan@egr.msu.edu.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Develop a Dynamic Model that Incoporates Text-mining to Reconstruct NetworksR01GM079688 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAN, CHRISTINA · 2007 to 2012
$1.2M
Maximizing siRNA Function through Mechanism-based Sequence and Vehicle DesignR01GM089866 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WALTON, STEPHEN PATRICK · 2010 to 2013
$922k
Deep Sequencing to Screen Functional Antibody EpitopesR21CA176854 · NCI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAN, CHRISTINA, WHITEHEAD, TIMOTHY ANDREW · 2013 to 2014
$351k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA176854NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079688NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM079688NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089866NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM089866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic, progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disease with clinical characteristics of memory loss, dementia and cognitive impairment. Although the pathophysiologic mechanism is not fully understood, inflammation has been shown to play a critical role in the pathogenesis of AD. Inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) is characterized by the activation of glial cells and release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Accumulating evidence demonstrates that inflammasomes, which cleave precursors of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 to generate their active forms, play an important role in the inflammatory response in the CNS and in AD pathogenesis. Therefore, modulating inflammasome complex assembly and activation could be a potential strategy for suppressing inflammation in the CNS. This review aims to provide insight into the role of inflammasomes in the CNS, with respect to the pathogenesis of AD, and may provide possible clues for devising novel therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

AgedAlzheimer DiseaseCytokinesFatty AcidsHumansInflammasomesInflammationNeuronsCytokinesFatty AcidsInflammasomesAlzheimer's diseaseAstrocytesInflammasomeInflammationInterleukinsMicrioglia

Identifiers

PMID24561250
PMCPMC4029867
OpenAlexW2061590643

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