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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2019

Cellular Specificity of NF-κB Function in the Nervous System.

Erica C Dresselhaus, Mollie K Meffert

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 210 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
210citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
19.2field-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

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

210 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 340 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 1 country.

Erica C DresselhausDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Mollie K MeffertDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

BIOCHEMISTRY, CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAMT32GM007445 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2021
$24.1M
Role of a conserved miRNA regulatory axis in neuropathic painR01NS103974 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CATERINA, MICHAEL J, MEFFERT, MOLLIE KATHERINE · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
MicroRNA biogenesis and specificity in neurotrophin-dependent protein synthesisR01MH098016 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MEFFERT, MOLLIE KATHERINE · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Mechanisms and Functions of NF-kB-Regulated Neuronal Gene ExpressionR01MH109341 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MEFFERT, MOLLIE KATHERINE · 2016 to 2018
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007445NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH098016NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109341NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) is a ubiquitously expressed transcription factor with key functions in a wide array of biological systems. While the role of NF-κB in processes, such as host immunity and oncogenesis has been more clearly defined, an understanding of the basic functions of NF-κB in the nervous system has lagged behind. The vast cell-type heterogeneity within the central nervous system (CNS) and the interplay between cell-type specific roles of NF-κB contributes to the complexity of understanding NF-κB functions in the brain. In this review, we will focus on the emerging understanding of cell-autonomous regulation of NF-κB signaling as well as the non-cell-autonomous functional impacts of NF-κB activation in the mammalian nervous system. We will focus on recent work which is unlocking the pleiotropic roles of NF-κB in neurons and glial cells (including astrocytes and microglia). Normal physiology as well as disorders of the CNS in which NF-κB signaling has been implicated will be discussed with reference to the lens of cell-type specific responses.

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansMicrogliaNervous SystemNeurogliaNeuronsNF-kappa BOrgan SpecificitySignal TransductionNF-kappa Bcentral nervous system (CNS)gene expressiongliaNeuronsNF-κBPlasticitysynapsetranscription

Identifiers

PMID31143184
PMCPMC6520659
OpenAlexW2944682402

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