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ReviewJournal of neuroscience research2020

Neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier disruption following traumatic brain injury: Pathophysiology and potential therapeutic targets.

Suraj Sulhan, Kristopher A Lyon, Lee A Shapiro, Jason H Huang

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Review in Journal of neuroscience research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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175citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

175 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 292 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suraj SulhanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Health Neuroscience Institute, Temple, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-6462-4635
Kristopher A LyonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Health Neuroscience Institute, Temple, Texas.
Lee A ShapiroCollege of Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, Texas.
Jason H HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Health Neuroscience Institute, Temple, Texas.
Temple College · US

Funding

Use of Engineered Nervous Tissue Constructs to Repair Extensive Nerve InjuryR01NS067435 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI HUANG, JASON H. · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS067435
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the most frequent cause of death and disability in young adults and children in the developed world, occurring in over 1.7 million persons and resulting in 50,000 deaths in the United States alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 3.2 and 5.3 million persons in the United States live with a TBI-related disability, including several neurocognitive disorders and functional limitations. Following the primary mechanical injury in TBI, literature suggests the presence of a delayed secondary injury involving a variety of neuroinflammatory changes. In the hours to days following a TBI, several signaling molecules and metabolic derangements result in disruption of the blood-brain barrier, leading to an extravasation of immune cells and cerebral edema. The primary, sudden injury in TBI occurs as a direct result of impact and therefore cannot be treated, but the timeline and pathophysiology of the delayed, secondary injury allows for a window of possible therapeutic options. The goal of this review is to discuss the pathophysiology of the primary and delayed injury in TBI as well as present several preclinical studies that identify molecular targets in the potential treatment of TBI. Additionally, certain recent clinical trials are briefly discussed to demonstrate the current state of TBI investigation.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain EdemaBrain Injuries, TraumaticDisease Models, AnimalHumansBlood-brain barrierbrain edemaneuroinflammationtraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID30259550
PMCPMC6437022
OpenAlexW2893346879

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