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ReviewNature neuroscience2018

Microglial immune checkpoint mechanisms.

Aleksandra Deczkowska, Ido Amit, Michal Schwartz

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Review in Nature neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
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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

95 citing papers in PubMed.

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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aleksandra DeczkowskaDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0844-4346
Ido AmitDepartment of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Michal SchwartzDepartment of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. michal.schwartz@weizmann.ac.il.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia differentiate from progenitors that infiltrate the nascent CNS during early embryonic development. They then remain in this unique immune-privileged environment throughout life. Multiple immune mechanisms, which we collectively refer to as microglial checkpoints, ensure efficient and tightly regulated microglial responses to perturbations in the CNS milieu. Such mechanisms are essential for proper CNS development and optimal physiological function. However, in chronic disease or aging, when a robust immune response is required, such checkpoint mechanisms may limit the ability of microglia to protect the CNS. Here we survey microglial checkpoint mechanisms and their roles in controlling microglial function throughout life and in disease, and discuss how they may be targeted therapeutically.

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AgingAnimalsHumansMacrophage ActivationMicrogliaNervous System DiseasesT-Lymphocytes

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