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ReviewJournal of neuroinflammation2018

The splenic response to stroke: from rodents to stroke subjects.

Hilary A Seifert, Halina Offner

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CD8Cellular & molecular immunology · 2025
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  7. Updates of the role of B-cells in ischemic stroke.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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  17. Peripheral Organ Injury After Stroke.Frontiers in immunology · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hilary A SeifertNeuroimmunology Research R&D-31 Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Halina OffnerNeuroimmunology Research R&D-31 Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. offnerva@ohsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6472-6079
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Sex differences in brain inflammation in experimental strokeR01NS076013 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI OFFNER, HALINA, SAUGSTAD, JULIE ANNE · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Estrogen-Induced Regulatory B Cells Protect Against EAE & Limit CNS InflammationR01NS080890 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI OFFNER, HALINA · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
American Heart Association 17GRNT33220001National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R01NS076013National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke R01NS080890NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076013NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS080890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStroke is the fifth leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in the USA, costing $40.2 billion in direct and indirect costs. Globally, stroke is the second leading cause of death and has a higher prevalence in lower- and middle-income countries compared to high-income countries. The role of the spleen in stroke has been studied in rodent models of stroke and is seen as a major contributor to increased secondary neural injury after stroke. Splenectomy 2 weeks prior to ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in mice and rats shows decreased infarct volumes. Additionally, the spleen decreases in size following stroke in rodents. Pro-inflammatory mediators are also increased in the spleen and subsequently the brain after stroke. These data in preclinical models of stroke have led stroke neurologists to look at the splenic response in stroke subjects. The outcomes of these studies suggest the spleen is responding in a similar manner in stroke subjects as it is in animal models of stroke.

conclusionAnimal models demonstrating the detrimental role of the spleen in stroke are providing strong evidence of how the spleen is responding during stroke in human subjects. This indicates treatments targeting the splenic immune response in animals could provide useful targets and treatments for stroke subjects.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceRatsSpleenSplenectomyStrokeAnimal modelsClinical studiesImmune responseSplenectomyStroke

Identifiers

PMID29970193
PMCPMC6030736
OpenAlexW2811135594

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