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ReviewNeural regeneration research2019

Acute drivers of neuroinflammation in traumatic brain injury.

Kathryn L Wofford, David J Loane, D Kacy Cullen

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Review in Neural regeneration research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kathryn L WoffordCenter for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration & Restoration, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David J LoaneDepartment of Anesthesiology and Shock, Trauma, and Anesthesiology Research (STAR) Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; School of Biochemistry and Immunology and Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
D Kacy CullenCenter for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration & Restoration, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Transplantable Micro-Tissue Engineered Neural Networks to Restore the Nigrostriatal Pathway in Parkinson's DiseaseI01BX003748 · VA · PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI CULLEN, DANIEL KACY · 2017 to 2022
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Chronic neurodegenerative and neurophysiological sequela of closed-head TBII01RX001097 · VA · PHILADELPHIA VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DUDA, JOHN ERIC · 2015 to 2018
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BLRD VA I01 BX003748RRD VA I01 RX001097
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation is initiated as a result of traumatic brain injury and can exacerbate evolving tissue pathology. Immune cells respond to acute signals from damaged cells, initiate neuroinflammation, and drive the pathological consequences over time. Importantly, the mechanism(s) of injury, the location of the immune cells within the brain, and the animal species all contribute to immune cell behavior following traumatic brain injury. Understanding the signals that initiate neuroinflammation and the context in which they appear may be critical for understanding immune cell contributions to pathology and regeneration. Within this paper, we review a number of factors that could affect immune cell behavior acutely following traumatic brain injury.

Indexed as

acuteadenosine 5′-triphosphoatecalciumcytokinesdiffuse brain injuryglutamateinflammationmacrophagemicroglianeuroinflammationtraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID31089036
PMCPMC6557091

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