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ReviewNeuroscience2015

M1 and M2 immune activation in Parkinson's Disease: Foe and ally?

M S Moehle, A B West

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Review in Neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

M S MoehleCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States. Electronic address: msmoehle@gmail.com.
A B WestCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.

Funding

Mechanisms of LRRK2 Mediated NeurotoxicityR01NS064934 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WEST, ANDREW B · 2010 to 2025
$6.3M
Role of Microglial LRRK2 in InflammationF31NS081963 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MOEHLE, MARK S · 2012 to 2014
$87k
NINDS NIH HHS 5F31NS081963NINDS NIH HHS 5R01NS064934NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS081963NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology. Autopsy findings, genetics, retrospective studies, and molecular imaging all suggest a role for inflammation in the neurodegenerative process. However, relatively little is understood about the causes and implications of neuroinflammation in PD. Understanding how inflammation arises in PD, in particular the activation state of cells of the innate immune system, may provide an exciting opportunity for novel neuroprotective therapeutics. We analyze the evidence of immune system involvement in PD susceptibility, specifically in the context of M1 and M2 activation states. Tracking and modulating these activation states may provide new insights into both PD etiology and therapeutic strategies.

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AnimalsHumansImmune SystemInflammationMacrophagesMicrogliaParkinson Diseaseanimal modelsgeneticsmacrophagemicrogliamonocyteneurodegeneration

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PMID25463515
PMCPMC4442748

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