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ReviewNeural plasticity2018

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-1

Francesca Romana Rizzo, Alessandra Musella, Francesca De Vito, Diego Fresegna, Silvia Bullitta, Valentina Vanni, Livia Guadalupi, Mario Stampanoni Bassi, Fabio Buttari, Georgia Mandolesi and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Neural plasticity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
127citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

127 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 214 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Can infliximab serve as a new therapy for neuropsychiatric symptoms?Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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67 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca Romana RizzoSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Alessandra MusellaSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele, Via di Val Cannuta 247, 00166 Rome, Italy.
Francesca De VitoSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Diego FresegnaSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Silvia BullittaSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Valentina VanniSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Livia GuadalupiSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele, Via di Val Cannuta 247, 00166 Rome, Italy.
Mario Stampanoni BassiUnit of Neurology and Unit of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy.
Fabio ButtariUnit of Neurology and Unit of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy.
Georgia MandolesiSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, IRCCS San Raffaele, Via di Val Cannuta 247, 00166 Rome, Italy.
Diego CentonzeSynaptic Immunopathology Lab, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8390-8545
Antonietta GentileUnit of Neurology and Unit of Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (INM) Neuromed, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy.
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokines are constitutively released in the healthy brain by resident myeloid cells to keep proper synaptic plasticity, either in the form of Hebbian synaptic plasticity or of homeostatic plasticity. However, when cytokines dramatically increase, establishing a status of neuroinflammation, the synaptic action of such molecules remarkably interferes with brain circuits of learning and cognition and contributes to excitotoxicity and neurodegeneration. Among others, interleukin-1

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainEncephalitisEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalHumansInterleukin-1betaMultiple SclerosisNeuronal PlasticitySynapsesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaInterleukin-1betaTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Identifiers

PMID29861718
PMCPMC5976900
OpenAlexW2804427175

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