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ReviewAnnual review of pharmacology and toxicology2018

Inflammatory Mediators in Mood Disorders: Therapeutic Opportunities.

Madeline L Pfau, Caroline Ménard, Scott J Russo

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Review in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Evaluation of Pan-immune Inflammation Value and Systemic Immune Inflammation Index in Different Mood Episodes of Bipolar Disorder.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  15. Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio as a novel-potential biomarker for predicting prognosis of Bell's palsy.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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4 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Madeline L PfauFishberg Department of Neuroscience and the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA; email: scott.russo@mssm.edu.
Caroline MénardFishberg Department of Neuroscience and the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA; email: scott.russo@mssm.edu.
Scott J RussoFishberg Department of Neuroscience and the Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA; email: scott.russo@mssm.edu.
Allen Institute for Brain Science · US

Funding

Pasinetti: Project 3; Role of Microbiome in Promotion of Cognitive and Psychological Resilience (Faith)P50AT008661 · NCCIH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI PASINETTI, GIULIO MARIA · 2015 to 2019
$11.2M
ROLE OF PERIPHERAL IMMUNE-DERIVED MMP8 IN STRESS SUSCEPTIBILITYR01MH104559 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI SCOTT JAMES RUSSO · 2014 to 2026
$9.2M
Role of thalamic versus cortical inputs to nucleus accumbens in stress-related disordersR01MH090264 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI RUSSO, SCOTT JAMES · 2011 to 2020
$4.2M
Training Program in NeuroscienceT32MH087004 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI GEORGE W. HUNTLEY · 2009 to 2026
$4.0M
NCCIH NIH HHS P50 AT008661NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH090264NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH104559NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH087004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mood disorders such as depression are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the United States, but they are inadequately treated in a substantial proportion of patients. Accordingly, neuropsychiatric research has pivoted from investigation of monoaminergic mechanisms to exploration of novel mediators, including the role of inflammatory processes. Subsets of mood disorder patients exhibit immune-related abnormalities, including elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines, monocytes, and neutrophils in the peripheral circulation; dysregulation of neuroglia and blood-brain barrier function; and disruption of gut microbiota. The field of psychoneuroimmunology is one of great therapeutic opportunity, yielding experimental therapeutics for mood disorders, such as peripheral cytokine targeting antibodies, microglia and astrocyte targeting therapies, and probiotic treatments for gut dysbiosis, and producing findings that identify therapeutic targets for future development.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCytokinesHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsMood DisordersCytokinesInflammation Mediatorsinflammationmajor depressive disordermicrobiomemood disorderstherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID28992428
PMCPMC5826556
OpenAlexW2611267400

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