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ReviewCells2019

Aquaporin-4 Water Channel in the Brain and Its Implication for Health and Disease.

Simone Mader, Lior Brimberg

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Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
164citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

164 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 283 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Simone MaderInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Biomedical Center and University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany. Simone.Mader@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Lior BrimbergThe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, The Center for Autoimmune, Musculoskeletal and Hematopoietic Diseases, Northwell Health System, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA. lbrimberg@northwell.edu.
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research · USLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

A diagnostic for maternal autoAb to Caspr2 to predict increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in childrenR43HD092128 · NICHD · SPARK2FLAME, INC. · PI BURCH, RONALD M · 2017 to 2017
$220k
NICHD NIH HHS R43 HD092128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is a water channel expressed on astrocytic endfeet in the brain. The role of AQP4 has been studied in health and in a range of pathological conditions. Interest in AQP4 has increased since it was discovered to be the target antigen in the inflammatory autoimmune disease neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Emerging data suggest that AQP4 may also be implicated in the glymphatic system and may be involved in the clearance of beta-amyloid in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this review, we will describe the role of AQP4 in the adult and developing brain as well as its implication for disease.

Indexed as

DiseaseHealthAnimalsAquaporin 4BrainEmbryonic DevelopmentGlymphatic SystemHumansAquaporin 4aquaporin-4autoantibodiesdevelopmentdiseaseglymphatic systemneuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

Identifiers

PMID30691235
PMCPMC6406241
OpenAlexW2912421167

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