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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Neurodegeneration and Inflammation-An Interesting Interplay in Parkinson's Disease.

Chrysoula Marogianni, Maria Sokratous, Efthimios Dardiotis, Georgios M Hadjigeorgiou, Dimitrios Bogdanos, Georgia Xiromerisiou

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 194 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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194citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
14.2field-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

194 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 344 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chrysoula MarogianniDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5979-9916
Maria SokratousDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
Efthimios DardiotisDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2957-641X
Georgios M HadjigeorgiouDepartment of Neurology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus.
Dimitrios BogdanosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
Georgia XiromerisiouDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital of Larissa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 41110 Larissa, Greece.
University of Thessaly · GRUniversity of Cyprus · CY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, caused by, so far, unknown pathogenetic mechanisms. There is no doubt that pro-inflammatory immune-mediated mechanisms are pivotal to the pathogenicity and progression of the disease. In this review, we highlight the binary role of microglia activation in the pathophysiology of the disorder, both neuroprotective and neuromodulatory. We present how the expression of several cytokines implicated in dopaminergic neurons (DA) degeneration could be used as biomarkers for PD. Viral infections have been studied and correlated to the disease progression, usually operating as trigger factors for the inflammatory process. The gut-brain axis and the possible contribution of the peripheral bowel inflammation to neuronal death, mainly dopaminergic neurons, seems to be a main contributor of brain neuroinflammation. The role of the immune system has also been analyzed implicating a-synuclein in the activation of innate and adaptive immunity. We also discuss therapeutic approaches concerning PD and neuroinflammation, which have been studied in experimental and in vitro models and data stemming from epidemiological studies.

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsAutoimmunityBiomarkersCytokinesDopaminergic NeuronsHumansInflammationMicrogliaNerve DegenerationParkinson DiseaseParkinsonian DisordersSignal TransductionVirus Diseasesalpha-SynucleinBiomarkersCytokinesautoimmunityneurodegenerationneuroinflammationParkinson’s

Identifiers

PMID33182554
PMCPMC7697354
OpenAlexW3098237024

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