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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

The Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome in the Pathogenesis of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Natasha Irrera, Massimo Russo, Giovanni Pallio, Alessandra Bitto, Federica Mannino, Letteria Minutoli, Domenica Altavilla, Francesco Squadrito

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natasha IrreraDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Massimo RussoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Giovanni PallioDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4187-2265
Alessandra BittoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Federica ManninoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Letteria MinutoliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Domenica AltavillaDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphologic and Functional Imaging Sciences, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.
Francesco SquadritoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, c/o AOU Policlinico G. Martino, Via C. Valeria Gazzi, 98,125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8868-0762
University of Messina · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents an important problem of global health. The damage related to TBI is first due to the direct injury and then to a secondary phase in which neuroinflammation plays a key role. NLRP3 inflammasome is a component of the innate immune response and different diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, are characterized by NLRP3 activation. This review aims to describe NLRP3 inflammasome and the consequences related to its activation following TBI. NLRP3, caspase-1, IL-1β, and IL-18 are significantly upregulated after TBI, therefore, the use of nonspecific, but mostly specific NLRP3 inhibitors is useful to ameliorate the damage post-TBI characterized by neuroinflammation. Moreover, NLRP3 and the molecules associated with its activation may be considered as biomarkers and predictive factors for other neurodegenerative diseases consequent to TBI. Complications such as continuous stimuli or viral infections, such as the SARS-CoV-2 infection, may worsen the prognosis of TBI, altering the immune response and increasing the neuroinflammatory processes related to NLRP3, whose activation occurs both in TBI and in SARS-CoV-2 infection. This review points out the role of NLRP3 in TBI and highlights the hypothesis that NLRP3 may be considered as a potential therapeutic target for the management of neuroinflammation in TBI.

Indexed as

InflammasomesBetacoronavirusBiomarkersBrain Injuries, TraumaticCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrognosisPyroptosisSARS-CoV-2BiomarkersInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNLRP3 protein, humanneuroinflammationNLRP3 inflammasomepyroptosisSARS-CoV-2traumatic brain injury

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PMID32867310
PMCPMC7503761
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