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ReviewBiomedicines2020

Revisiting Traumatic Brain Injury: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Interventions.

Abbas Jarrahi, Molly Braun, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Rohan V Gupta, Michael Wilson, Stephanie Munie, Pankaj Ahluwalia, John R Vender, Fernando L Vale, Krishnan M Dhandapani and 1 more

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Review in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
124citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

124 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 223 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Post-Translational Modifications in Traumatic Brain Injury: Decoding the Proteomic Landscape and Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Injury.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Abbas JarrahiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Molly BraunDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Meenakshi AhluwaliaDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Rohan V GuptaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Michael WilsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Stephanie MunieDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Pankaj AhluwaliaDepartment of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
John R VenderDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Fernando L ValeDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0830-5445
Krishnan M DhandapaniDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Kumar VaibhavDepartment of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4206-3830
Augusta University · USEastern Virginia Medical School · USMedical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Therapeutic Targeting of Monoacylglycerol Lipase After Traumatic Brain InjuryR01NS114560 · NINDS · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI VAIBHAV, KUMAR · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 as a molecular switch in TBI-induced inflammationR03HD094606 · NICHD · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI VAIBHAV, KUMAR · 2017 to 2018
$304k
American Heart Association GRNT33700286Augusta Institute Research Institute (AURI) MCGFD08343National Institute of Child Health and Human Development HD094606NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD094606NINDS NIH HHS NS114560, NS065172, NS097825, NS110378NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS114560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studying the complex molecular mechanisms involved in traumatic brain injury (TBI) is crucial for developing new therapies for TBI. Current treatments for TBI are primarily focused on patient stabilization and symptom mitigation. However, the field lacks defined therapies to prevent cell death, oxidative stress, and inflammatory cascades which lead to chronic pathology. Little can be done to treat the mechanical damage that occurs during the primary insult of a TBI; however, secondary injury mechanisms, such as inflammation, blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown, edema formation, excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and cell death, can be targeted by therapeutic interventions. Elucidating the many mechanisms underlying secondary injury and studying targets of neuroprotective therapeutic agents is critical for developing new treatments. Therefore, we present a review on the molecular events following TBI from inflammation to programmed cell death and discuss current research and the latest therapeutic strategies to help understand TBI-mediated secondary injury.

Indexed as

apoptosisbrain injuryedemaexcitotoxicityneuroinflammationneurotraumaoxidative stresstherapeutic strategies

Identifiers

PMID33003373
PMCPMC7601301
OpenAlexW3090146307

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