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ReviewCells2020

Perinatal Brain Injury and Inflammation: Lessons from Experimental Murine Models.

Aisling Leavy, Eva M Jimenez Mateos

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Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Role of astrocytes in the pathogenesis of perinatal brain injury.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025
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  9. Edaravone Confers Neuroprotective, Anti-inflammatory, and Antioxidant Effects on the Fetal Brain of a Placental-ischemia Mouse Model.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2023
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  12. CD8Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2023
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  17. Melatonin for Neonatal Encephalopathy: From Bench to Bedside.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aisling LeavyDiscipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin D02 R590, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9775-2959
Eva M Jimenez MateosDiscipline of Physiology, School of Medicine, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin D02 R590, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perinatal brain injury or neonatal encephalopathy (NE) is a state of disturbed neurological function in neonates, caused by a number of different aetiologies. The most prominent cause of NE is hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, which can often induce seizures. NE and neonatal seizures are both associated with poor neurological outcomes, resulting in conditions such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, schizophrenia and intellectual disability. The current treatment strategies for NE and neonatal seizures have suboptimal success in effectively treating neonates. Therapeutic hypothermia is currently used to treat NE and has been shown to reduce morbidity and has neuroprotective effects. However, its success varies between developed and developing countries, most likely as a result of lack of sufficient resources. The first-line pharmacological treatment for NE is phenobarbital, followed by phenytoin, fosphenytoin and lidocaine as second-line treatments. While these drugs are mostly effective at halting seizure activity, they are associated with long-lasting adverse neurological effects on development. Over the last years, inflammation has been recognized as a trigger of NE and seizures, and evidence has indicated that this inflammation plays a role in the long-term neuronal damage experienced by survivors. Researchers are therefore investigating the possible neuroprotective effects that could be achieved by using anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of NE. In this review we will highlight the current knowledge of the inflammatory response after perinatal brain injury and what we can learn from animal models.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain InjuriesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleInflammationMicrogliaPregnancyReceptors, PurinergicToll-Like ReceptorsCytokinesReceptors, PurinergicToll-Like Receptorshypoxiahypoxia–ischemiainflammationneonatal encephalopathyperinatal brain injury

Identifiers

PMID33302543
PMCPMC7764185
OpenAlexW3111127843

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