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ArticleNature neuroscience2016

Neural stem cells sustain natural killer cells that dictate recovery from brain inflammation.

Qiang Liu, Nader Sanai, Wei-Na Jin, Antonio La Cava, Luc Van Kaer, Fu-Dong Shi

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiang LiuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Nader SanaiBarrow Brain Tumor Research Center, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Wei-Na JinDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Antonio La CavaDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Luc Van KaerDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Fu-Dong ShiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center · USBarrow Neurological Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Glioma Invasion of the Human Subventricular ZoneR01NS082745 · NINDS · ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER · PI SANAI, NADER · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
Intraoperative confocal microscopy for quantitative delineation of low-grade glioR01CA175391 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI LIU, JONATHAN T.C., SANAI, NADER · 2014 to 2018
$1.7M
Glycolipid-Reactive NKT Cells, Obesity and Insulin ResistanceR01DK081536 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI VAN KAER, LUC, WU, LAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
Stroke induced-NK cell deficiency: mechanisms and clinical implicationsR01NS092713 · NINDS · ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHI, FU-DONG · 2016 to 2017
$785k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA175391NCI NIH HHS R01CA175391NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK081536NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK081536NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082745NINDS NIH HHS R01NS082745NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092713
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recovery from organ-specific autoimmune diseases largely relies on the mobilization of endogenous repair mechanisms and local factors that control them. Natural killer (NK) cells are swiftly mobilized to organs targeted by autoimmunity and typically undergo numerical contraction when inflammation wanes. We report the unexpected finding that NK cells are retained in the brain subventricular zone (SVZ) during the chronic phase of multiple sclerosis in humans and its animal model in mice. These NK cells were found preferentially in close proximity to SVZ neural stem cells (NSCs) that produce interleukin-15 and sustain functionally competent NK cells. Moreover, NK cells limited the reparative capacity of NSCs following brain inflammation. These findings reveal that reciprocal interactions between NSCs and NK cells regulate neurorepair.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsBrainBrain ChemistryCell ProliferationCerebral VentriclesCytokinesEncephalitisEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleHumansImmune ToleranceInterleukin-15Killer Cells, NaturalMaleCytokinesInterleukin-15

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PMID26752157
PMCPMC5336309
OpenAlexW2266755286

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