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ReviewGlia2016

Neuroinflammation in the peripheral nerve: Cause, modulator, or bystander in peripheral neuropathies?

Rudolf Martini, Hugh Willison

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Review in Glia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rudolf MartiniDepartment of Neurology, Developmental Neurobiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, D-97080, Germany.
Hugh WillisonInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA.
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 092805/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of innate and adaptive inflammation as a primary driver or modifier of neuropathy in premorbidly normal nerves, and as a critical player in amplifying neuropathies of other known causes (e.g., genetic, metabolic) is incompletely understood and under-researched, despite unmet clinical need. Also, cellular and humoral components of the adaptive and innate immune system are substantial disease modifying agents in the context of neuropathies and, at least in some neuropathies, there is an identified tight interrelationship between both compartments of the immune system. Additionally, the quadruple relationship between Schwann cell, axon, macrophage, and endoneurial fibroblast, with their diverse membrane bound and soluble signalling systems, forms a distinct focus for investigation in nerve diseases with inflammation secondary to Schwann cell mutations and possibly others. Identification of key immunological effector pathways that amplify neuropathic features and associated clinical symptomatology including pain should lead to realistic and timely possibilities for translatable therapeutic interventions using existing immunomodulators, alongside the development of novel therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansNeuroimmunomodulationPeripheral NervesPeripheral Nervous System Diseasesadaptive immune systemfibroblastinnate immune systemlymphocytesmacrophagenodes of Ranvier

Identifiers

PMID26250643
PMCPMC4832258
OpenAlexW2121199036

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