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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2020

Brain transforms natural killer cells that exacerbate brain edema after intracerebral hemorrhage.

Zhiguo Li, Minshu Li, Samuel X Shi, Nan Yao, Xiaojing Cheng, Ai Guo, Zilong Zhu, Xiaoan Zhang, Qiang Liu

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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90 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 153 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhiguo LiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Minshu LiDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Samuel X ShiInterdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Nan YaoDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiaojing ChengDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Ai GuoDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Zilong ZhuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoan ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Qiang LiuDepartment of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CNArizona State University · USThird Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNTianjin Huanhu Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perihematomal edema (PHE) occurs within hours after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), leading to secondary injury manifested by impaired blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and destruction of adjacent tissue. To dissect the mechanisms underlying PHE formation, we profiled human and mouse perihematomal tissues and identified natural killer (NK) cells as the predominant immune cell subset that outnumbers other infiltrating immune cell types during early stages of ICH. Unbiased clustering of single-cell transcriptional profiles revealed two major NK cell subsets that respectively possess high cytotoxicity or robust chemokine production features in the brain after ICH, distinguishing them from NK cells of the periphery. NK cells exacerbate BBB disruption and brain edema after ICH via cytotoxicity toward cerebral endothelial cells and recruitment of neutrophils that augment focal inflammation. Thus, brain-bound NK cells acquire new features that contribute to PHE formation and neurological deterioration following ICH.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain EdemaCerebral HemorrhageChemokine CXCL2Disease Models, AnimalEndothelial CellsFemaleHumansInflammationKiller Cells, NaturalMaleMice, Inbred C57BLAntibodies, MonoclonalChemokine CXCL2Poly I-C

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PMID32870258
PMCPMC7526480
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