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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2015

Neuroinflammation in Multiple System Atrophy: Response to and Cause of α-Synuclein Aggregation.

Bruno Di Marco Vieira, Rowan A Radford, Roger S Chung, Gilles J Guillemin, Dean L Pountney

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cytotoxic T cell recognition of α-synuclein drives pathogenic immune responses in multiple system atrophy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. The 'α-synucleinopathy syndicate': multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2024
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  14. Association of COVID-19 with Comorbidities: An Update.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2023
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  16. The genetic basis of multiple system atrophy.Journal of translational medicine · 2023
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  19. Inflammation in multiple system atrophy.Frontiers in immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bruno Di Marco VieiraMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Rowan A RadfordDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Roger S ChungDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Gilles J GuilleminDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Dean L PountneyMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Macquarie University · AUGriffith University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease presenting with combinations of autonomic dysfunction, parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia and/or pyramidal signs. Oligodendroglial cytoplasmic inclusions (GCIs) rich in α-synuclein (α-syn) constitute the disease hallmark, accompanied by neuronal loss and activation of glial cells which indicate neuroinflammation. Recent studies demonstrate that α-syn may be released from degenerating neurons to mediate formation of abnormal inclusion bodies and to induce neuroinflammation which, interestingly, might also favor the formation of intracellular α-syn aggregates as a consequence of cytokine release and the shift to a pro-inflammatory environment. Here, we critically review the relationships between α-syn and astrocytic and microglial activation in MSA to explore the potential of therapeutics which target neuroinflammation.

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astrocytesmicrogliamultiple system atrophyneuroinflammationα-synuclein

Identifiers

PMID26778958
PMCPMC4700780
OpenAlexW2174469825

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