Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25831441›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2015

No quiet surrender: molecular guardians in multiple sclerosis brain.

Lawrence Steinman

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In one paragraph

Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multiple molecular mimics in Epstein Barr Nuclear Antigen-1, and the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Immune signatures of prodromal multiple sclerosis in monozygotic twins.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  10. Maresin 1 Promotes Inflammatory Resolution, Neuroprotection, and Functional Neurological Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017
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  15. Parsing Physiological Functions of Erythropoietin One Domain at a Time.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2015
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Lawrence Steinman
Japan Tobacco (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain under immunological attack does not surrender quietly. Investigation of brain lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals a coordinated molecular response involving various proteins and small molecules ranging from heat shock proteins to small lipids, neurotransmitters, and even gases, which provide protection and foster repair. Reduction of inflammation serves as a necessary prerequisite for effective recovery and regeneration. Remarkably, many lesion-resident molecules activate pathways leading to both suppression of inflammation and promotion of repair mechanisms. These guardian molecules and their corresponding physiologic pathways could potentially be exploited to silence inflammation and repair the injured and degenerating brain and spinal cord in both relapsing-remitting and progressive forms of MS and may be beneficial in other neurologic and psychiatric conditions.

Indexed as

alpha-Crystallin B ChainAmyloidAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsBrainCytokinesFemalegamma-Aminobutyric AcidGasotransmittersHumansInflammationLipidsLymphocyte SubsetsMaleMultiple SclerosisMyelin Sheathalpha-Crystallin B ChainAmyloidAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntioxidantsCRYAB protein, humanCytokinesgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGasotransmittersLipidsNerve Growth FactorsNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearSerpins

Identifiers

PMID25831441
PMCPMC4396493
OpenAlexW2142088912

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