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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2018

Viral Encephalitis and Neurologic Diseases: Focus on Astrocytes.

Allison Soung, Robyn S Klein

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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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

80 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  13. Inflammatory and neuropathological responses toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  17. The Development of Epilepsy Following CNS Viral Infections: Mechanisms.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2024
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20 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

2 authors.

Allison SoungDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Robyn S KleinDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: rklein@wustl.edu.

Funding

Neuroprotection and repair during West Nile Virus EncephalitisR01NS052632 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KLEIN, ROBYN S. · 2005 to 2020
$5.0M
NEUROPATHOGENESIS OF ZIKA VIRUS INFECTIONSR01NS104471 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KLEIN, ROBYN S. · 2018 to 2020
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS052632NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurotropic RNA virus infections cause a major neurological disease burden. Due to the morbidity and mortality rates of viral encephalitides worldwide, there is a need to develop clinical treatments. Features of the central nervous system (CNS), including interconnected cell types and limited regeneration, provide unique challenges. Viral encephalitis and antiviral immunity can disrupt the CNS environment, leaving patients with poor neurological outcomes despite virologic control. The cellular mechanism(s) underlying neurological recovery are not fully understood, but involve neuroimmune interactions that, until recently, primarily focused on microglia. With increasing evidence that astrocytes also have significant roles in inflammatory responses to viruses, here we summarize recent astrocyte contributions to acute virologic control and neurological impairments during recovery from viral infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesBiomarkersBlood-Brain BarrierCell CommunicationEncephalitis, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMicrogliaNervous System DiseasesSignal TransductionT-LymphocytesBiomarkersastrocyteblood–brain barriermicroglianeuroinflammationRNA virusviral encephalitis

Identifiers

PMID30314877
PMCPMC6546292

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