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ReviewClinical & translational immunology2020

Immune regulation of neurodevelopment at the mother-foetus interface: the case of autism.

Stefano Sotgiu, Salvatorica Manca, Antonella Gagliano, Alessandra Minutolo, Maria Clotilde Melis, Giulia Pisuttu, Chiara Scoppola, Elisabetta Bolognesi, Mario Clerici, Franca Rosa Guerini and 1 more

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Review in Clinical & translational immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Gene×environment interactions in autism spectrum disorders.Current topics in developmental biology · 2023
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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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Stefano SotgiuUnit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medical Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-1035
Salvatorica MancaUnità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Infanzia e Adolescenza (UONPIA) ASSL Sassari Sassari Italy.
Antonella GaglianoChild & Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy.
Alessandra MinutoloChild & Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy.
Maria Clotilde MelisUnit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medical Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy.
Giulia PisuttuUnit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medical Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy.
Chiara ScoppolaUnit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medical Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy.
Elisabetta BolognesiIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi - ONLUS Milan Italy.
Mario ClericiIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi - ONLUS Milan Italy.
Franca Rosa GueriniIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi - ONLUS Milan Italy.
Alessandra CartaUnit of Child Neuropsychiatry Department of Medical Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy.
University of Sassari · ITDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITUniversity of Cagliari · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by deficits in social communication and stereotypical behaviours. ASD's aetiology remains mostly unclear, because of a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Recently, a strong consensus has developed around ASD's immune-mediated pathophysiology, which is the subject of this review. For many years, neuroimmunological studies tried to understand ASD as a prototypical antibody- or cell-mediated disease. Other findings indicated the importance of autoimmune mechanisms such as familial and individual autoimmunity, adaptive immune abnormalities and the influence of infections during gestation. However, recent studies have challenged the idea that autism may be a classical autoimmune disease. Modern neurodevelopmental immunology shows the double-edged nature of many immune effectors, which can be either beneficial or detrimental depending on tissue homeostasis, stressors, neurodevelopmental stage, inherited and

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autism spectrum disorderautoimmunitygestationinflammationmaternal immune activationneurodevelopment

Identifiers

PMID33209302
PMCPMC7662086
OpenAlexW3101745681

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