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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2017

Microglia in steady state.

Katrin Kierdorf, Marco Prinz

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
146citing papers in PubMed
14.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

146 citing papers in PubMed, 275 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Microglia Support Both the Singular Form of LTP Expressed by the Lateral Perforant Path and Episodic Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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86 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Katrin KierdorfDepartment of Life Sciences and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Marco PrinzInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglial cells are the resident tissue macrophages of the CNS and are widely recognized for their immune surveillance of the healthy CNS. In addition to this well-accepted function, recent findings point to major roles for microglia in instructing and regulating the proper function of the neuronal networks in the adult CNS, but these cells are also involved in creating neuronal networks by orchestrating construction of the whole network during development. In this Review, we highlight recent findings about the steady-state functions of microglial cells, the factors that are important for physiological microglial function, and how microglia help to maintain tissue homeostasis in the CNS.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCentral Nervous SystemHomeostasisHumansImmune SystemMiceMicrogliaNerve NetNeurons

Identifiers

PMID28714861
PMCPMC5669563
OpenAlexW2735674855

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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