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ReviewJournal of neuroinflammation2016

Multiple organ dysfunction and systemic inflammation after spinal cord injury: a complex relationship.

Xin Sun, Zachary B Jones, Xiao-Ming Chen, Libing Zhou, Kwok-Fai So, Yi Ren

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Review in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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107citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

107 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Energy cost and psychological impact of robotic-assisted gait training in people with spinal cord injury: effect of two different types of devices.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xin SunGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Joint International Research Laboratory of CNS Regeneration Ministry of Education of PRC, Guangdong Medical Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Diseases, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. xinsun@jnu.edu.cn.
Zachary B JonesDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Xiao-Ming ChenInstitute of Inflammation and Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Libing ZhouGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Joint International Research Laboratory of CNS Regeneration Ministry of Education of PRC, Guangdong Medical Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Diseases, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Kwok-Fai SoGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Joint International Research Laboratory of CNS Regeneration Ministry of Education of PRC, Guangdong Medical Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Diseases, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi RenGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Joint International Research Laboratory of CNS Regeneration Ministry of Education of PRC, Guangdong Medical Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Diseases, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. yi.ren@med.fsu.edu.
Jinan University · CNFlorida State University · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

Statistical Methods for Ultrahigh-dimensional Biomedical DataR01GM072611 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI CATTANEO, MATIAS DAMIAN · 2006 to 2021
$4.2M
Quantitative Methods for Genome-wide Analysis of Macrophage Activation by ESCsR01GM100474 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI FAN, JIANQING · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM072611NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100474
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event that results in significant physical disabilities for affected individuals. Apart from local injury within the spinal cord, SCI patients develop a variety of complications characterized by multiple organ dysfunction or failure. These disorders, such as neurogenic pain, depression, lung injury, cardiovascular disease, liver damage, kidney dysfunction, urinary tract infection, and increased susceptibility to pathogen infection, are common in injured patients, hinder functional recovery, and can even be life threatening. Multiple lines of evidence point to pathological connections emanating from the injured spinal cord, post-injury systemic inflammation, and immune suppression as important multifactorial mechanisms underlying post-SCI complications. SCI triggers systemic inflammatory responses marked by increased circulation of immune cells and pro-inflammatory mediators, which result in the infiltration of inflammatory cells into secondary organs and persistence of an inflammatory microenvironment that contributes to organ dysfunction. SCI also induces immune deficiency through immune organ dysfunction, resulting in impaired responsiveness to pathogen infection. In this review, we summarize current evidence demonstrating the relevance of inflammatory conditions and immune suppression in several complications frequently seen following SCI. In addition, we highlight the potential pathways by which inflammatory and immune cues contribute to multiple organ failure and dysfunction and discuss current anti-inflammatory approaches used to alleviate post-SCI complications. A comprehensive review of this literature may provide new insights into therapeutic strategies against complications after SCI by targeting systemic inflammation.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansImmune System DiseasesKidney DiseasesLiver DiseasesMuscular DiseasesSpinal Cord InjuriesImmune depression syndromeMultiple organ dysfunctionPost-injury infectionSpinal cord injurySystemic inflammatory response syndrome

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PMID27716334
PMCPMC5053065
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