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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Potential Effects of Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist Montelukast in Treatment of Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease.

Johan Wallin, Per Svenningsson

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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 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johan WallinLaboratory of Translational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Per SvenningssonLaboratory of Translational Neuropharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnsons foundation 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder where misfolded alpha-synuclein-enriched aggregates called Lewy bodies are central in pathogenesis. No neuroprotective or disease-modifying treatments are currently available. Parkinson's disease is considered a multifactorial disease and evidence from multiple patient studies and animal models has shown a significant immune component during the course of the disease, highlighting immunomodulation as a potential treatment strategy. The immune changes occur centrally, involving microglia and astrocytes but also peripherally with changes to the innate and adaptive immune system. Here, we review current understanding of different components of the PD immune response with a particular emphasis on the leukotriene pathway. We will also describe evidence of montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, as a possible anti-inflammatory treatment for PD.

Indexed as

Parkinson DiseaseAcetatesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAstrocytesCyclopropanesHumansInflammationLeukotriene AntagonistsLewy BodiesMicrogliaQuinolinesReceptors, LeukotrieneSulfidesAcetatesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCyclopropanesLeukotriene AntagonistsmontelukastQuinolinesReceptors, LeukotrieneSulfidesalpha-synucleinleukotrienemicrogliamontelukastneuroinflammationParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID34070609
PMCPMC8198163
OpenAlexW3165880271

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