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ArticleFrontiers in systems neuroscience2015

Systems approach to the study of brain damage in the very preterm newborn.

Alan Leviton, Pierre Gressens, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Olaf Dammann

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Article in Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Alan LevitonNeuroepidemiology Unit, Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA, USA ; Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA.
Pierre GressensInserm, U1141 Paris, France ; Department of Perinatal Imaging and Health, Department of Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, King's Health Partners, St. Thomas' Hospital London, UK.
Olaf WolkenhauerDepartment of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Rostock Rostock, Germany ; Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Olaf DammannDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA, USA ; Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School Hannover, Germany.
Boston Children's Hospital · USKings Health Partners · GBTufts University · USUniversity of Rostock · DE

Funding

Neonatal Biomarkers in Extremely Preterm Babies Predict Childhood Brain DisordersU01NS040069 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI KUBAN, KARL · 2001 to 2014
$34.0M
SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Circulating Immune Biomarkers and Retinopathy of PrematurityR01EY021820 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI DAMMANN, OLAF · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021820NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS040069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA systems approach to the study of brain damage in very preterm newborns has been lacking.

methodsIn this perspective piece, we offer encephalopathy of prematurity as an example of the complexity and interrelatedness of brain-damaging molecular processes that can be initiated inflammatory phenomena.

resultsUsing three transcription factors, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), Notch-1, and nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2 (NRF2), we show the inter-connectedness of signaling pathways activated by some antecedents of encephalopathy of prematurity.

conclusionsWe hope that as biomarkers of exposures and processes leading to brain damage in the most immature newborns become more readily available, those who apply a systems approach to the study of neuroscience can be persuaded to study the pathogenesis of brain disorders in the very preterm newborn.

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brainepigeneticinflammationNotch-1nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor 2 (NRF2)nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB)prematuritysystems biology

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PMID25926780
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