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ReviewTrends in immunology2015

Revisiting the Mechanisms of CNS Immune Privilege.

Antoine Louveau, Tajie H Harris, Jonathan Kipnis

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 388 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Antoine LouveauCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Tajie H HarrisCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Jonathan KipnisCenter for Brain Immunology and Glia, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: kipnis@virginia.edu.

Funding

Meninges-to-astrocyte communication in cognitive functionR01AG034113 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI KIPNIS, JONATHAN · 2010 to 2019
$3.8M
Immune system supports brain functionR37AG034113 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jonathan Kipnis · 2020 to 2026
$3.7M
Regulatory T cell responses in T. gondii infection of the brainR01NS091067 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI HARRIS, TAJIE H. · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS AG034113NIA NIH HHS R01 AG034113NIA NIH HHS R37 AG034113NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whereas the study of the interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS) has often focused on pathological conditions, the importance of neuroimmune communication in CNS homeostasis and function has become clear over that last two decades. Here we discuss the progression of our understanding of the interaction between the peripheral immune system and the CNS. We examine the notion of immune privilege of the CNS in light of both earlier findings and recent studies revealing a functional meningeal lymphatic system that drains cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to the deep cervical lymph nodes, and consider the implications of a revised perspective on the immune privilege of the CNS on the etiology and pathology of different neurological disorders.

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AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemCentral Nervous System DiseasesHumansImmune SystemLymphatic DiseasesLymphatic System

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PMID26431936
PMCPMC4593064

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