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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Aberrant Calcium Signals in Reactive Astrocytes: A Key Process in Neurological Disorders.

Eiji Shigetomi, Kozo Saito, Fumikazu Sano, Schuichi Koizumi

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

102 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Prolonged systemic inflammation worsens impairments to astrocyte CaAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  9. Astrocyte CaBiomolecules · 2026
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  10. LPS-induced inflammation differentially affects endogenous CaMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026
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  14. Prolonged systemic inflammation worsens impairments to astrocyte CabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  19. Astrocytes integrate time and space.Neural regeneration research · 2025
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42 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eiji ShigetomiDepartment of Neuropharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan. eshigetomi@yamanashi.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-5267-6155
Kozo SaitoDepartment of Neuropharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan. saitok@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
Fumikazu SanoDepartment of Neuropharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan. fsano@yamanashi.ac.jp.
Schuichi KoizumiDepartment of Neuropharmacology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan. skoizumi@yamanashi.ac.jp.
University of Yamanashi · JPKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 15KK0340Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17K01974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes are abundant cells in the brain that regulate multiple aspects of neural tissue homeostasis by providing structural and metabolic support to neurons, maintaining synaptic environments and regulating blood flow. Recent evidence indicates that astrocytes also actively participate in brain functions and play a key role in brain disease by responding to neuronal activities and brain insults. Astrocytes become reactive in response to injury and inflammation, which is typically described as hypertrophy with increased expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Reactive astrocytes are frequently found in many neurological disorders and are a hallmark of brain disease. Furthermore, reactive astrocytes may drive the initiation and progression of disease processes. Recent improvements in the methods to visualize the activity of reactive astrocytes in situ and in vivo have helped elucidate their functions. Ca

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AnimalsAstrocytesCalciumCalcium SignalingHumansMiceNervous System DiseasesRatsCalciumAlexander diseasecalcium signalsepilepsyreactive astrocytes

Identifiers

PMID30823575
PMCPMC6413203
OpenAlexW2915859536

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