Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28102362›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2017

Evaluation of region selective bilirubin-induced brain damage as a basis for a pharmacological treatment.

Matteo Dal Ben, Cristina Bottin, Fabrizio Zanconati, Claudio Tiribelli, Silvia Gazzin

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of bilirubin on visuocortical development in preterm infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. An egg a day keeps kernicterus away.Pediatric research · 2024
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo Dal BenItalian Liver Foundation (Fondazione Italiana Fegato), AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
Cristina BottinDepartment of Medical Sciences (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche), Ospedale di Cattinara, Univestità degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Fabrizio ZanconatiDepartment of Medical Sciences (Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche), Ospedale di Cattinara, Univestità degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Claudio TiribelliItalian Liver Foundation (Fondazione Italiana Fegato), AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
Silvia GazzinItalian Liver Foundation (Fondazione Italiana Fegato), AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy.
Fondazione Italiana Fegato · ITOspedale di Cattinara · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neurologic manifestations of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in the central nervous system (CNS) exhibit high variations in the severity and appearance of motor, auditory and cognitive symptoms, which is suggestive of a still unexplained selective topography of bilirubin-induced damage. By applying the organotypic brain culture (OBC: preserving in vitro the cellular complexity, connection and architecture of the in vivo brain) technique to study hyperbilirubinemia, we mapped the regional target of bilirubin-induced damage, demonstrated a multifactorial toxic action of bilirubin, and used this information to evaluate the efficacy of drugs applicable to newborns to protect the brain. OBCs from 8-day-old rat pups showed a 2-13 fold higher sensitivity to bilirubin damage than 2-day-old preparations. The hippocampus, inferior colliculus and cerebral cortex were the only brain regions affected, presenting a mixed inflammatory-oxidative mechanism. Glutamate excitotoxicity was appreciable in only the hippocampus and inferior colliculus. Single drug treatment (indomethacin, curcumin, MgCl

Indexed as

AnimalsBilirubinBrainBrain Diseases, MetabolicCell SurvivalCurcuminEncephalitisHyperbilirubinemiaIndomethacinInflammationMagnesium ChlorideModels, BiologicalNeuroprotective AgentsOrgan Culture TechniquesOxidative StressRatsBilirubinCurcuminIndomethacinMagnesium ChlorideNeuroprotective Agents

Identifiers

PMID28102362
PMCPMC5244479
OpenAlexW2578456663

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.