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ArticleMedical gas research

Peripheral surgical wounding may induce cognitive impairment through interlukin-6-dependent mechanisms in aged mice.

Yuanlin Dong, Zhipeng Xu, Lining Huang, Yiying Zhang, Zhongcong Xie

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Article in Medical gas research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuanlin DongGeriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Zhipeng XuGeriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Lining HuangGeriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, the second hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Yiying ZhangGeriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
Zhongcong XieGeriatric Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0720-1759
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · USSecond Hospital of Hebei Medical University · CN

Funding

Pathogenesis of Postoperative Cognitive DysfunctionR01AG041274 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Zhongcong Xie, Guang Yang · 2012 to 2026
$6.7M
General Anesthesia and Alzheimer's Disease NeuropathogenesisR01GM088801 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI XIE, ZHONGCONG · 2009 to 2017
$3.1M
Tau/P-Tau as Biomarkers of Anesthesia- and Surgery-Induced Cognitive Impairment in a Murine ModelR01HD086977 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI XIE, ZHONGCONG · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG041274NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086977NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM088801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is associated with morbidity, mortality and increased cost of medical care. However, the neuropathogenesis and targeted interventions of POCD remain largely to be determined. We have found that the peripheral surgical wounding induces an age-dependent Aβ accumulation, neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in aged mice. Pro-inflammatory cytokine interlukin-6 (IL-6) has been reported to be associated with cognitive impairment in rodents and humans. However, the role of IL-6 in the neuropathogenesis of POCD is unknown. We therefore employed pharmacological (IL-6 antibody) and genetic (knockout of IL-6) approach to investigate whether IL-6 contributed to the peripheral surgical wounding-induced cognitive impairment in aged mice. Abdominal surgery under local anesthesia (peripheral surgical wounding) was established in 18-month-old wild-type and IL-6 knockout mice (

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cognitionfear conditioning systeminterlukin-6miceneuroinflammationperipheral surgical wounding

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PMID28217289
PMCPMC5223308
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