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ReviewBehavioural brain research2018

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Pleiotropic roles for cytokines and neuronal pentraxins.

Ashley Swanson, Tovah Wolf, Alli Sitzmann, Auriel A Willette

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Review in Behavioural brain research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 77 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley SwansonDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2312 Food Sciences Building, 536 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA 50011, United States. Electronic address: ashleys@iastate.edu.
Tovah WolfDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2312 Food Sciences Building, 536 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA 50011, United States. Electronic address: twolf@iastate.edu.
Alli SitzmannDepartment of Psychology, Iowa State University, W112 Lagomarcino Hall, 901 Stange Road, Ames, IA 50011, United States. Electronic address: allis@iastate.edu.
Auriel A WilletteDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2312 Food Sciences Building, 536 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA 50011, United States; Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, W112 Lagomarcino Hall, 901 Stange Road, Ames, IA 50011, United States; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Iowa State University, 2008 Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA 50011, United States; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 2007 Roy Carver Pavilion, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States. Electronic address: awillett@iastate.edu.
Iowa State University · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Project 1U19AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU · PI MICHAEL W WEINER · 2016 to 2026
$226.7M
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative - SupplementU01AG024904 · NIA · NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE RES &EDUC · PI WEINER, MICHAEL W · 2004 to 2015
$121.0M
Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention: Sex Differences in DNA MethylationR01AG027161 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Nathaniel Ark Chin, Sterling C Johnson · 2007 to 2026
$35.6M
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP50AG033514 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ASTHANA, SANJAY · 2009 to 2018
$16.2M
Insulin Resistance, Biomarkers of Brain Function, and Intermittent Calorie RestrictionR00AG047282 · NIA · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLETTE, AURIEL · 2016 to 2021
$730k
Insulin Resistance, Biomarkers of Brain Function, and Intermittent Calorie RestrictionK99AG047282 · NIA · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLETTE, AURIEL · 2015 to 2015
$135k
NIA NIH HHS K99 AG047282NIA NIH HHS P50 AG033514NIA NIH HHS R00 AG047282NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027161NIA NIH HHS U01 AG024904NIA NIH HHS U19 AG024904
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation is a potential factor speculated to underlie Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiopathogenesis and progression. The overwhelming focus in this area of research to date has been on the chronic upregulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines to understand how neuroinflammatory mechanisms contribute to neurodegeneration. Yet, it is important to understand the pleiotropic roles of these cytokines in modulating neuroinflammation in which they cannot be labeled as a strictly "good" or "bad" biomarker phenotype. As such, biomarkers with more precise functions are needed to better understand how neuroinflammation impacts the brain in AD. Neuronal pentraxins are a concentration- dependent group of pro- or anti- inflammatory cytokines. There is contradictory evidence of these pentraxins as being both neuroprotective and potentially detrimental in AD. Potential neuroprotective examples include their ability to predict AD-related outcomes such as cognition, memory function and synaptic refinement. This review will briefly outline the basis of AD and subsequently summarize findings for neuropathological mechanisms of neuroinflammation, roles for traditional pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and data found thus far on the neuronal pentraxins.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesHumansInflammationNerve Tissue ProteinsPentraxinsC-Reactive ProteinCytokinesNerve Tissue ProteinsPentraxinsAlzheimer’s diseaseBiomarkersImmunologyInflammationMemoryPentraxins

Identifiers

PMID29462653
PMCPMC5988985
OpenAlexW2789287723

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