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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2020

Interleukin 4 Affects Epilepsy by Regulating Glial Cells: Potential and Possible Mechanism.

Lu Chen, Lin Zhu, Di Lu, Zhe Wu, Yanbing Han, Puying Xu, Lvhua Chang, Qian Wu

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lu ChenDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Lin ZhuDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Di LuBiomedicine Engineering Research Centre, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Zhe WuDepartment of Psychology, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China.
Yanbing HanDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Puying XuDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Lvhua ChangDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Qian WuDepartment of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Kunming Medical University · CNFirst People's Hospital of Yunnan Province · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a chronic brain dysfunction induced by an abnormal neuronal discharge that is caused by complicated psychopathologies. Recently, accumulating studies have revealed a close relationship between inflammation and epilepsy. Specifically, microglia and astrocytes are important inflammatory cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that have been proven to be related to the pathogenesis and development of epilepsy. Additionally, interleukin 4 (IL-4) is an anti-inflammatory factor that can regulate microglia and astrocytes in many aspects. This review article focuses on the regulatory role of IL-4 in the pathological changes of glial cells related to epilepsy. We additionally propose that IL-4 may play a protective role in epileptogenesis and suggest that IL-4 may be a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of epilepsy.

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astrocytescognitionepilepsyinterleukin 4microglia

Identifiers

PMID33013320
PMCPMC7500526
OpenAlexW3083402956

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