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ReviewBiomolecules2020

Microglia Mediated Neuroinflammation: Focus on PI3K Modulation.

Antonia Cianciulli, Chiara Porro, Rosa Calvello, Teresa Trotta, Dario Domenico Lofrumento, Maria Antonietta Panaro

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.4field-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

112 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

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52 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Antonia CianciulliDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Chiara PorroDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7526-6968
Rosa CalvelloDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Teresa TrottaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, 71100 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5693-6172
Dario Domenico LofrumentoDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0106-3615
Maria Antonietta PanaroDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5457-1069
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Salento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune activation in the central nervous system involves mostly microglia in response to pathogen invasion or tissue damage, which react, promoting a self-limiting inflammatory response aimed to restore homeostasis. However, prolonged, uncontrolled inflammation may result in the production by microglia of neurotoxic factors that lead to the amplification of the disease state and tissue damage. In particular, specific inducers of inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases activate inflammatory processes that result in the production of a number of mediators and cytokines that enhance neurodegenerative processes. Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) constitute a family of enzymes regulating a wide range of activity, including signal transduction. Recent studies have focused attention on the intracellular role of PI3K and its contribution to neurodegenerative processes. This review illustrates and discusses recent findings about the role of this signaling pathway in the modulation of microglia neuroinflammatory responses linked to neurodegeneration. Finally, we discuss the modulation of PI3K as a potential therapeutic approach helpful for developing innovative therapeutic strategies in neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansInflammationMicrogliaNeurodegenerative DiseasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesinflammationmicroglianeurodegenerationPI3Ksignaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID31947676
PMCPMC7022557
OpenAlexW2999235182

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