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ReviewThe Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry2021

Meninges: A Widespread Niche of Neural Progenitors for the Brain.

Ilaria Decimo, Sissi Dolci, Gabriella Panuccio, Marco Riva, Guido Fumagalli, Francesco Bifari

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Review in The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Impact of aging on meningeal gene expression.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ilaria DecimoLaboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Sissi DolciLaboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Gabriella PanuccioEnhanced Regenerative Medicine, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy.
Marco RivaUnit of Neurosurgery, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4643-6451
Guido FumagalliLaboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Francesco BifariLaboratory of Cell Metabolism and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2028-3012
University of Verona · ITUniversity of Milan · ITItalian Institute of Technology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence highlights the several roles that meninges play in relevant brain functions as they are a protective membrane for the brain, produce and release several trophic factors important for neural cell migration and survival, control cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, and embrace numerous immune interactions affecting neural parenchymal functions. Furthermore, different groups have identified subsets of neural progenitors residing in the meninges during development and in the adulthood in different mammalian species, including humans. Interestingly, these immature neural cells are able to migrate from the meninges to the neural parenchyma and differentiate into functional cortical neurons or oligodendrocytes. Immature neural cells residing in the meninges promptly react to brain disease. Injury-induced expansion and migration of meningeal neural progenitors have been observed following experimental demyelination, traumatic spinal cord and brain injury, amygdala lesion, stroke, and progressive ataxia. In this review, we summarize data on the function of meninges as stem cell niche and on the presence of immature neural cells in the meninges, and discuss their roles in brain health and disease. Furthermore, we consider the potential exploitation of meningeal neural progenitors for the regenerative medicine to treat neurological disorders.

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MeningesNeural Stem CellsAdultAnimalsBrainCell DifferentiationHumansNeurogenesismeningesneural progenitorsneurogenesisoligodendrocyte precursor cellsregenerative medicinestem cell niche

Identifiers

PMID32935634
PMCPMC8442137
OpenAlexW3087623810

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