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ReviewMolecular neurobiology2021

The Effect of COVID-19 on NF-κB and Neurological Manifestations of Disease.

Don A Davies, Aida Adlimoghaddam, Benedict C Albensi

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Review in Molecular neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Don A DaviesDivision of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. ddavies@sbrc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7988-941X
Aida AdlimoghaddamDivision of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-5286
Benedict C AlbensiDivision of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. BAlbensi@sbrc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7884-9261
St. Boniface Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease that presumably began in 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has resulted in a pandemic. Initially, COVID-19 was thought to only affect respiration. However, accumulating evidence shows a wide range of neurological symptoms are also associated with COVID-19, such as anosmia/ageusia, headaches, seizures, demyelination, mental confusion, delirium, and coma. Neurological symptoms in COVID-19 patients may arise due to a cytokine storm and a heighten state of inflammation. The nuclear factor kappa-light-chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) is a central pathway involved with inflammation and is shown to be elevated in a dose-dependent matter in response to coronaviruses. NF-κB has a role in cytokine storm syndrome, which is associated with greater severity in COVID-19-related symptoms. Therefore, therapeutics that reduce the NF-κB pathway should be considered in the treatment of COVID-19. Neuro-COVID-19 units have been established across the world to examine the neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19. Neuro-COVID-19 is increasingly becoming an accepted term among scientists and clinicians, and interdisciplinary teams should be created to implement strategies for treating the wide range of neurological symptoms observed in COVID-19 patients.

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BrainCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentHumansInflammationNervous System DiseasesNF-kappa BSARS-CoV-2NF-kappa BCognitive impairmentCOVID-19Neuro-COVID-19NF-κBOxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID34075562
PMCPMC8169418
OpenAlexW3165599453

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