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ArticleJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry2021

In vivo PET imaging of neuroinflammation in familial frontotemporal dementia.

Maura Malpetti, Timothy Rittman, Peter Simon Jones, Thomas Edmund Cope, Luca Passamonti, William Richard Bevan-Jones, Karalyn Patterson, Tim D Fryer, Young T Hong, Franklin I Aigbirhio and 2 more

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Article in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Galectin-3 is upregulated in frontotemporal dementia patients with subtype specificity.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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  20. PET Imaging to Measure Neuroinflammation In Vivo.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maura MalpettiDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8923-9656
Timothy RittmanDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1063-6937
Peter Simon JonesDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Thomas Edmund CopeDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Luca PassamontiDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
William Richard Bevan-JonesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Karalyn PattersonDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Tim D FryerDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Young T HongDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Franklin I AigbirhioDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
John Tiernan O'BrienDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0837-5080
James Benedict RoweDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK James.Rowe@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-7216-8679
University of Cambridge · GBMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K02308X/1Medical Research Council MR/M009041/1Medical Research Council MR/M024873/1Medical Research Council MR/P01271X/1Wellcome Trust 103838
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionWe report

methodsUsing positron emission tomography (PET), we explored the association of the distribution of activated microglia, as measured by the radioligand [

resultsPatients with familial FTD across all mutation groups showed increased [ DISCUSSION: This case series suggests that neuroinflammation is part of the pathophysiology of familial FTD, warranting further consideration of immunomodulatory therapies for disease modification and prevention.

Indexed as

AgedC9orf72 ProteinFemaleFrontotemporal DementiaHumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyProgranulinstau ProteinsC9orf72 ProteinGRN protein, humanMAPT protein, humanProgranulinstau Proteinsfrontotemporal dementiageneticsPET

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PMID33122395
PMCPMC7892378
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