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ArticleJournal of immunology research2020

Neuroinflammatory Markers in the Serum of Prepubertal Children with Down Syndrome.

Luigi Tarani, Valentina Carito, Giampiero Ferraguti, Carla Petrella, Antonio Greco, Massimo Ralli, Marisa Patrizia Messina, Debora Rasio, Enrica De Luca, Carolina Putotto and 3 more

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Article in Journal of immunology research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  3. Oxidative Stress and Down Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Blood biomarkers in Down syndrome: Facilitating Alzheimer's disease detection and monitoring.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  13. The Impact of Oxidative Stress on Pediatrics Syndromes.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi TaraniDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-9364
Valentina CaritoInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Section of Neurobiology, National Research Council (IBBC-CNR), Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-528X
Giampiero FerragutiDepartment of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6129-4071
Carla PetrellaInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Section of Neurobiology, National Research Council (IBBC-CNR), Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0651-1816
Antonio GrecoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-9871
Massimo RalliDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-0421
Marisa Patrizia MessinaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.
Debora RasioSan Raffaele Roma Open University, Rome, Italy.
Enrica De LucaDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.
Carolina PutottoDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.
Paolo VersacciDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University Hospital of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4484-4729
Mauro CeccantiCentro Riferimento Alcologico Regione Lazio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9981-8715
Marco FioreInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Section of Neurobiology, National Research Council (IBBC-CNR), Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6806-9715
Sapienza University of Rome · ITNational Research Council · ITSan Raffaele University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal disorder. Although DS individuals are mostly perceived as characterized by some distinct physical features, cognitive disabilities, and cardiac defects, they also show important dysregulations of immune functions. While critical information is available for adults with DS, little literature is available on the neuroinflammation in prepubertal DS children. We aimed to evaluate in prepubertal DS children the serum levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), oxidative stress as free oxygen radicals defense (FORD), free oxygen radicals test (FORT), and cytokines playing key roles in neuroinflammation and oxidative processes as TNF-

Indexed as

BiomarkersBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorChild, PreschoolCytokinesDown SyndromeFemaleHumansImmune SystemMaleNerve Growth FactorNeurogenic InflammationPubertyReactive Oxygen SpeciesSex FactorsSignal TransductionBiomarkersBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCytokinesNerve Growth FactorReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID32280719
PMCPMC7125499
OpenAlexW3012891057

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