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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2018

Emerging Biosensing Technologies for Neuroinflammatory and Neurodegenerative Disease Diagnostics.

Catarina M Abreu, Ricardo Soares-Dos-Reis, Pedro N Melo, João B Relvas, Joana Guimarães, Maria José Sá, Andrea P Cruz, Inês Mendes Pinto

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Catarina M AbreuInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal.
Ricardo Soares-Dos-ReisNeurology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Pedro N MeloGraduate Programme in Areas of Basic and Applied Biology, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
João B RelvasInstituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Joana GuimarãesNeurology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Maria José SáNeurology Department, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto, Portugal.
Andrea P CruzInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal.
Inês Mendes PintoInternational Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the onset and progression of many neurological disorders, including Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. In these clinical conditions the underlying neuroinflammatory processes are significantly heterogeneous. Nevertheless, a common link is the chronic activation of innate immune responses and imbalanced secretion of pro and anti-inflammatory mediators. In light of this, the discovery of robust biomarkers is crucial for screening, early diagnosis, and monitoring of neurological diseases. However, the difficulty to investigate biochemical processes directly in the central nervous system (CNS) is challenging. In recent years, biomarkers of CNS inflammatory responses have been identified in different body fluids, such as blood, cerebrospinal fluid, and tears. In addition, progress in micro and nanotechnology has enabled the development of biosensing platforms capable of detecting in real-time, multiple biomarkers in clinically relevant samples. Biosensing technologies are approaching maturity where they will become deployed in community settings, at which point screening programs and personalized medicine will become a reality. In this multidisciplinary review, our goal is to highlight both clinical and recent technological advances toward the development of multiplex-based solutions for effective neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease diagnostics and monitoring.

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Alzheimer's diseasebiomarkersbiosensorsMultiple SclerosismultiplexneuroinflammationParkinson's disease

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PMID29867354
PMCPMC5964192

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