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ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2019

Brain perivascular macrophages: Recent advances and implications in health and diseases.

Tuo Yang, Ruiming Guo, Feng Zhang

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Trajectory of Cardiogenic Dementia: A New Perspective.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tuo YangDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ruiming GuoDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Feng ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders and Recovery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0001-7275-9989
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Targeting Cerebrovascular Dysfunction for White Matter ProtectionR01NS103810 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI IKONOMOVIC, MILOS D · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS103810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain perivascular macrophages (PVMs) belong to a distinct population of brain-resident myeloid cells located within the perivascular space surrounding arterioles and venules. Their characterization depends on the combination of anatomical localization, phagocytic capacity, and molecular markers. Under physiological status, they provide structural and functional support for maintaining brain homeostasis, including facilitation of blood-brain barrier integrity and lymphatic drainage, and exertion of immune functions such as phagocytosis and antigen presentation. Increasing evidence also implicates their specific roles in diseased brain, ranging from cerebrovascular diseases, Aβ pathologies, infections, and autoimmunity. Collectively, PVMs are key components of the brain-resident immune system, actively participate in a broad-spectrum of processes in normal and diseased status. Details of the processes are largely underexplored. Targeting PVMs would lead to new insights and be a promising strategy for a broad array of human diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainCentral Nervous SystemCentral Nervous System DiseasesHumansMacrophagesBBBmultiple sclerosisneuroinflammationstrokevascular dementiawhite matter

Identifiers

PMID31749316
PMCPMC7154594
OpenAlexW2991442366

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