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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2020

Inflammation in Traumatic Brain Injury.

Teodor T Postolache, Abhishek Wadhawan, Adem Can, Christopher A Lowry, Margaret Woodbury, Hina Makkar, Andrew J Hoisington, Alison J Scott, Eileen Potocki, Michael E Benros and 1 more

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.8field-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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Mathematical Modeling of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2025
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  19. Aging: the wound that never starts healing.Nature communications · 2025
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5 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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Teodor T PostolacheMood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abhishek WadhawanMood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Adem CanSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christopher A LowryVeterans Health Administration, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, Aurora, CO, USA.
Margaret WoodburyMood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hina MakkarMood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Andrew J HoisingtonVeterans Health Administration, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 19, Aurora, CO, USA.
Alison J ScottDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Eileen PotockiVA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Michael E BenrosCopenhagen Research Center for Mental Health-CORE, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
John W StillerMood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USBaltimore VA Medical Center · USMental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers · USSt. Elizabeths Hospital · USCopenhagen University Hospital · DKU.S. Air Force Institute of Technology · US

Funding

CSRD VA I01 CX001310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an increasing evidence that inflammation contributes to clinical and functional outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many successful target-engaging, lesion-reducing, symptom-alleviating, and function-improving interventions in animal models of TBI have failed to show efficacy in clinical trials. Timing and immunological context are paramount for the direction, quality, and intensity of immune responses to TBI and the resulting neuroanatomical, clinical, and functional course. We present components of the immune system implicated in TBI, potential immune targets, and target-engaging interventions. The main objective of our article is to point toward modifiable molecular and cellular mechanisms that may modify the outcomes in TBI, and contribute to increasing the translational value of interventions that have been identified in animal models of TBI.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain Injuries, TraumaticEncephalitisHumansDepressiongliaimmune challengeimmunomodulationinflammationprimingprobiotictraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID32176646
PMCPMC8190673
OpenAlexW3010776475

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Registered trials

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