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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2018

Roles of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma on Brain and Peripheral Inflammation.

Sonia Villapol

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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192citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

192 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 356 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonia VillapolDepartment of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, New Research Building, EG-17; 3970 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC, 20057, USA. sonia.villapol@georgetown.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6174-4113
Georgetown University · US

Funding

The role of peripheral serum amyloid A on brain inflammation after TBIR03NS095038 · NINDS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI VILLAPOL, SONIA · 2016 to 2017
$156k
NINDS NIH HHS GR411779NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS095038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) has been implicated in the pathology of numerous diseases involving diabetes, stroke, cancer, or obesity. It is expressed in diverse cell types, including vessels, immune and glial cells, and neurons. PPARγ plays crucial roles in the regulation of cellular differentiation, lipid metabolism, or glucose homeostasis. PPARγ ligands also exert effects on attenuating degenerative processes in the brain, as well as in peripheral systems, and it has been associated with the control of anti-inflammatory mechanisms, oxidative stress, neuronal death, neurogenesis, differentiation, and angiogenesis. This review will highlight key advances in the understanding of the PPARγ-related mechanisms responsible for neuroprotection after brain injuries, both ischemia and traumatic brain injury, and it will also cover the natural and synthetic agonist for PPARγ, angiotensin receptor blockers, and PPARγ antagonists, used in experimental and clinical research. A better understanding of the pleiotropic mechanisms and applications of these drugs to improve the recovery and to repair the acute and chronic induced neuroinflammation after brain injuries will pave the way for more effective therapeutic strategies after brain deficits.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBrainCell SurvivalHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsPPAR gammaProtein Structure, SecondaryAnti-Inflammatory AgentsInflammation MediatorsPPAR gammaAgonistAngiogenesisAngiotensin receptor blockersBrain injuryInflammationPPAR gamma

Identifiers

PMID28975471
PMCPMC5776063
OpenAlexW2762153312

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