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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2015

Priming the inflammatory pump of the CNS after traumatic brain injury.

Kristina G Witcher, Daniel S Eiferman, Jonathan P Godbout

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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130citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

130 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 234 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Revisiting the critical roles of reactive microglia in traumatic brain injury.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025
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  14. Mitochondrial damage causes inflammation via cGAS-STING signaling in ketamine-induced cystitis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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70 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristina G WitcherDepartment of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA.
Daniel S EifermanDepartment of Surgery, The Ohio State University, 395 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA.
Jonathan P GodboutDepartment of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA; Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, The Ohio State University, 460 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA; Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, 460 Medical Center Drive, Columbus, OH, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.godbout@osumc.edu.
The Ohio State University · USInstitute for Behavioral Medicine · US

Funding

Comprehensive Training in Oral &Craniofacial SciencesT32DE014320 · NIDCR · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SHERIDAN, JOHN F · 2001 to 2022
$10.2M
Aging, Microglial Dysregulation and DepressionR01AG033028 · NIA · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GODBOUT, JONATHAN P · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033028NIA NIH HHS R01-AG-033028NIDCR NIH HHS T32 DE014320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to secondary neuropsychiatric problems that develop and persist years after injury. Mounting evidence indicates that neuroinflammatory processes progress after the initial head injury and worsen with time. Microglia contribute to this inflammation by maintaining a primed profile long after the acute effects of the injury have dissipated. This may set the stage for glial dysfunction and hyperactivity to challenges including subsequent head injury, stress, or induction of a peripheral immune response. This review discusses the evidence that microglia become primed following TBI and how this corresponds with vulnerability to a 'second hit' and subsequent neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative complications.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain InjuriesCentral Nervous SystemHumansMicrogliaNeuroimmunomodulationimmune challengemicroglianeuroinflammationprimingtraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID26442695
PMCPMC4617563
OpenAlexW1900057632

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