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ArticleScientific reports2021

Microglial signalling pathway deficits associated with the patient derived R47H TREM2 variants linked to AD indicate inability to activate inflammasome.

Katharina Cosker, Anna Mallach, Janhavi Limaye, Thomas M Piers, James Staddon, Stephen J Neame, John Hardy, Jennifer M Pocock

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Katharina CoskerDepartment of Neuroinflammation, University College London, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PJ, UK.
Anna MallachDepartment of Neuroinflammation, University College London, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PJ, UK.
Janhavi LimayeDepartment of Neuroinflammation, University College London, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PJ, UK.
Thomas M PiersDepartment of Neuroinflammation, University College London, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PJ, UK.
James StaddonEisai Ltd, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, AL10 9SN, UK.
Stephen J NeameEisai Ltd, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, AL10 9SN, UK.
John HardyDepartment of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Jennifer M PocockDepartment of Neuroinflammation, University College London, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, 1 Wakefield Street, London, WC1N 1PJ, UK. j.pocock@ucl.ac.uk.
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversity College London · GBEisai (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M009513/1Medical Research Council G0701075Medical Research Council G0901254Medical Research Council G1001253Medical Research Council MC_U12266BMedical Research Council MR/J004758/1Medical Research Council MR/K01417X/1Medical Research Council MR/L501542/1Medical Research Council MR/M02492X/1Parkinson's UK G-0907Parkinson's UK G-1307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The R47H variant of the microglial membrane receptor TREM2 is linked to increased risk of late onset Alzheimer's disease. Human induced pluripotent stem cell derived microglia (iPS-Mg) from patient iPSC lines expressing the AD-linked R47H

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseBrainCells, CulturedHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsInflammasomesMembrane GlycoproteinsMicrogliaPhagocytosisReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionInflammasomesMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTREM2 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID34172778
PMCPMC8233372
OpenAlexW3174414398

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