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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2015

Control of autoimmune CNS inflammation by astrocytes.

Veit Rothhammer, Francisco J Quintana

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
120citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

120 citing papers in PubMed, 209 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Reactive Astrocytes in Glioma: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  19. Isolating Astrocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles From Urine.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Veit RothhammerAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, HIM 714, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Francisco J QuintanaAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur, HIM 714, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. fquintana@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in IL-10 producing Tr1 regulatory cellsR01AI093903 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI QUINTANA, FRANCISCO J. · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis is a neurologic disease caused by immune cell infiltration into the central nervous system, resulting in gray and white matter inflammation, progressive demyelination, and neuronal loss. Astrocytes, the most abundant cell population in the central nervous system (CNS), have been considered inert scaffold or housekeeping cells for many years. However, recently, it has become clear that this cell population actively modulates the immune response in the CNS at multiple levels. While being exposed to a plethora of cytokines during ongoing autoimmune inflammation, astrocytes modulate local CNS inflammation by secreting cytokines and chemokines, among other factors. This review article gives an overview of the most recent understanding about cytokine networks operational in astrocytes during autoimmune neuroinflammation and highlights potential targets for immunomodulatory therapies for multiple sclerosis.

Indexed as

AstrocytesAutoimmunityCentral Nervous SystemCytokinesHumansInflammationMultiple SclerosisCytokinesAstrocyteBlood-brain barrierChemokineCytokineMultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID26223505
PMCPMC4618768
OpenAlexW1002209064

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