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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Methylmercury Neurotoxicity and Neuroinflammation.

João P Novo, Beatriz Martins, Ramon S Raposo, Frederico C Pereira, Reinaldo B Oriá, João O Malva, Carlos Fontes-Ribeiro

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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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

31 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mercury-induced excitotoxicity in autism spectrum disorder: disruption of glutamatergic homeostasis and the therapeutic role of the selenium-glutathione axis.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026
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  13. Intestinal microbiota protects against methylmercury-induced neurotoxicity.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2024
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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

7 authors.

João P NovoInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8015-2685
Beatriz MartinsInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2803-8505
Ramon S RaposoInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Frederico C PereiraInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9381-3320
Reinaldo B OriáLaboratory of Tissue Healing, Ontogeny and Nutrition, Department of Morphology and Institute of Biomedicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza 60430-270, Brazil.
João O MalvaInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Carlos Fontes-RibeiroInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), and Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9707-4895

Funding

Brazilian Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel [CAPES] Procad [88881.068408/2014-01] and CAPES PrInt grantsPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology FCT/FUNCAP cooperative project POCTI-FEDER-02/SAICT/2017/31699:MercuMemory; PO-CI-01-0145-FEDER-007440, CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-0000012:Healthy Aging 2020Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology Strategic Project UIDB/04539/2020 and UIDP/04539/2020 (CIBB), Pest UID/NEU/04539/2013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methylmercury (MeHg) toxicity is a major environmental concern. In the aquatic reservoir, MeHg bioaccumulates along the food chain until it is consumed by riverine populations. There has been much interest in the neurotoxicity of MeHg due to recent environmental disasters. Studies have also addressed the implications of long-term MeHg exposure for humans. The central nervous system is particularly susceptible to the deleterious effects of MeHg, as evidenced by clinical symptoms and histopathological changes in poisoned humans. In vitro and in vivo studies have been crucial in deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying MeHg-induced neurotoxicity. A collection of cellular and molecular alterations including cytokine release, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, Ca

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AnimalsBioaccumulationBrainHumansInflammationMethylmercury CompoundsMicrobiotaNeurotoxicity SyndromesMethylmercury Compoundsastrocytesmercury cycleMethylmercurymicroglianeuroinflammationneuronsneurotoxicityoligodendrocytesoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID33803585
PMCPMC8003103

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