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ReviewAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2017

Immune and myodegenerative pathomechanisms in inclusion body myositis.

Christian W Keller, Jens Schmidt, Jan D Lünemann

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Review in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The NORAD-Pumilio regulatory axis in the evolution of inclusion body myositis.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2026
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  7. Serum-Circulating microRNAs in Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  10. Influence of Inflammatory Cytokines IL-1Mediators of inflammation · 2023
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  11. Inclusion Body Myositis and Neoplasia: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christian W KellerInstitute of Experimental Immunology Laboratory of Neuroinflammation University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland.
Jens SchmidtDepartment of Neurology University Medical Center Göttingen Göttingen Germany.
Jan D LünemannInstitute of Experimental Immunology Laboratory of Neuroinflammation University of Zürich Zürich Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3007-708X
University of Zurich · CHUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) is a relatively common acquired inflammatory myopathy in patients above 50 years of age. Pathological hallmarks of IBM are intramyofiber protein inclusions and endomysial inflammation, indicating that both myodegenerative and inflammatory mechanisms contribute to its pathogenesis. Impaired protein degradation by the autophagic machinery, which regulates innate and adaptive immune responses, in skeletal muscle fibers has recently been identified as a potential key pathomechanism in IBM. Immunotherapies, which are successfully used for treating other inflammatory myopathies lack efficacy in IBM and so far no effective treatment is available. Thus, a better understanding of the mechanistic pathways underlying progressive muscle weakness and atrophy in IBM is crucial in identifying novel promising targets for therapeutic intervention. Here, we discuss recent insights into the pathomechanistic network of mutually dependent inflammatory and degenerative events during IBM.

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PMID28589170
PMCPMC5454400
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