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ReviewNeuromolecular medicine2018

Neuroimmunologic and Neurotrophic Interactions in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relationship to Neuroinflammation.

Kshama Ohja, Evelyne Gozal, Margaret Fahnestock, Lu Cai, Jun Cai, Jonathan H Freedman, Andy Switala, Ayman El-Baz, Gregory Neal Barnes

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Review in Neuromolecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Neuroinflammation and autism: what have we learned so far?International journal of developmental disabilities · 2026
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  18. Immune Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Do We Know about It?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kshama OhjaDepartment of Neurology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Evelyne GozalDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Margaret FahnestockDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Lu CaiDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Jun CaiDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Jonathan H FreedmanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.
Andy SwitalaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Ayman El-BazDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Gregory Neal BarnesDepartment of Neurology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA. gnbarn01@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · USMcMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are the most prevalent set of pediatric neurobiological disorders. The etiology of ASD has both genetic and environmental components including possible dysfunction of the immune system. The relationship of the immune system to aberrant neural circuitry output in the form of altered behaviors and communication characterized by ASD is unknown. Dysregulation of neurotrophins such as BDNF and their signaling pathways have been implicated in ASD. While abnormal cortical formation and autistic behaviors in mouse models of immune activation have been described, no one theory has been described to link activation of the immune system to specific brain signaling pathways aberrant in ASD. In this paper we explore the relationship between neurotrophin signaling, the immune system and ASD. To this effect we hypothesize that an interplay of dysregulated immune system, synaptogenic growth factors and their signaling pathways contribute to the development of ASD phenotypes.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorChildGene-Environment InteractionHumansImmunizationInfectionsIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMicrogliaModels, ImmunologicalNerve Growth FactorsNeuroimmunomodulationReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSignal TransductionT-Lymphocyte SubsetsTransforming Growth Factor betaBDNF protein, humanBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNerve Growth FactorsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesTransforming Growth Factor betaASDBrain-derived neurotrophic factorCytokinesMicrogliaPI3 kinase signalingT cells

Identifiers

PMID29691724
PMCPMC5942347
OpenAlexW2800277205

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