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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Chemokine receptors CCR2 and CX3CR1 regulate viral encephalitis-induced hippocampal damage but not seizures.

Christopher Käufer, Chintan Chhatbar, Sonja Bröer, Inken Waltl, Luca Ghita, Ingo Gerhauser, Ulrich Kalinke, Wolfgang Löscher

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher KäuferDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
Chintan ChhatbarInstitute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany, and the Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Sonja BröerDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
Inken WaltlDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
Luca GhitaInstitute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany, and the Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Ingo GerhauserDepartment of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
Ulrich KalinkeInstitute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany, and the Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Wolfgang LöscherDepartment of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30559 Hannover, Germany; wolfgang.loescher@tiho-hannover.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9648-8973
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral encephalitis is a major risk factor for the development of seizures, epilepsy, and hippocampal damage with associated cognitive impairment, markedly reducing quality of life in survivors. The mechanisms underlying seizures and hippocampal neurodegeneration developing during and after viral encephalitis are only incompletely understood, hampering the development of preventive treatments. Recent findings suggest that brain invasion of blood-born monocytes may be critically involved in both seizures and brain damage in response to encephalitis, whereas the relative role of microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, in these processes is not clear. CCR2 and CX3CR1 are two chemokine receptors that regulate the responses of myeloid cells, such as monocytes and microglia, during inflammation. We used

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AnimalsCD11b AntigenCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1Disease Models, AnimalEncephalitis, ViralFemaleHippocampusHumansLeukocyte Common AntigensMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicrogliaMonocytesNeurodegenerative DiseasesCcr2 protein, mouseCD11b AntigenCX3C Chemokine Receptor 1Cx3cr1 protein, mouseLeukocyte Common AntigensPtprc protein, mouseReceptors, CCR2epilepsyhippocampusmonocytesmyeloid cellsTheiler’s virus

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PMID30181265
PMCPMC6156634
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