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ArticleJournal of neuroimmunology2020

Relationship between inflammatory biomarker galectin-3 and hippocampal volume in a community study.

Megan K Lowther, Jarrod P Tunnell, Jayme M Palka, Darlene R King, Damilola C Salako, Dimitri G Macris, Jay B Italiya, Justin L Grodin, Carol S North, E Sherwood Brown

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Article in Journal of neuroimmunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 51% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan K LowtherDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Jarrod P TunnellDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Jayme M PalkaDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Darlene R KingDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Damilola C SalakoDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Dimitri G MacrisDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Jay B ItaliyaDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America.
Justin L GrodinDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8830, United States of America.
Carol S NorthDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America; The Altshuler Center for Education & Research, Metrocare Services, 1250 Mockingbird Lane, Suite 330, Dallas, TX 75247, United States of America.
E Sherwood BrownDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, MC 8849, Dallas, TX 75390-8849, United States of America. Electronic address: Sherwood.Brown@UTSouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

UT Southwestern Center for Translational Medicine (UL1/KL2/TL1)UL1TR001105 · NCATS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI TOTO, ROBERT DANIEL · 2013 to 2017
$24.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Galectin-3 (Gal3) is expressed by microglia and performs functions including adhesion; activation of macrophages and fibroblasts, and mediates inflammatory responses in the hippocampus. The present study examined whether serum Gal3 levels predict hippocampal volume in a multi-ethnic, community-based sample. Results of a multiple linear regression (controlling for depression, serum creatinine level, age, BMI, total brain volume, MoCA score, sex, ethnicity, smoking status, history of diabetes) showed that Gal3 levels significantly predicted left (p = .027) but not right hippocampal volume. The relationship was stronger in men than women. Findings suggest this novel inflammatory biomarker is associated with human hippocampal volume.

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BiomarkersBlood ProteinsFemaleGalectin 3GalectinsHippocampusHumansMaleOrgan SizeBiomarkersBlood ProteinsGalectin 3GalectinsLGALS3 protein, humanDallas heart studyGalectin-3HippocampusMemoryNeuroinflammation

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PMID32927397
PMCPMC7673815
OpenAlexW3083931503

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