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ReviewTrends in neurosciences2021

Macrophages on the margin: choroid plexus immune responses.

Jin Cui, Huixin Xu, Maria K Lehtinen

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Review in Trends in neurosciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 97 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.

Jin CuiDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Huixin XuDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Maria K LehtinenDepartment of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: maria.lehtinen@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Genetic Analysis and Manipulation Core (GAEC)P50HD105351 · NICHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Hisashi Umemori · 2021 to 2026
$9.4M
Control of neural stem cells by the nascent cerebrospinal fluidR01NS088566 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEHTINEN, MARIA · 2014 to 2024
$5.5M
Pediatric Pathology Translational ResearchT32HL110852 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI FLEMING, MARK D · 2012 to 2017
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL110852NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD105351NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The choroid plexus (ChP), an epithelial bilayer containing a network of mesenchymal, immune, and neuronal cells, forms the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier (BCSFB). While best recognized for secreting CSF, the ChP is also a hotbed of immune cell activity and can provide circulating peripheral immune cells with passage into the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we review recent studies on ChP immune cells, with a focus on the ontogeny, development, and behaviors of ChP macrophages, the principal resident immune cells of the ChP. We highlight the implications of immune cells for ChP barrier function, CSF cytokines and volume regulation, and their contribution to neurodevelopmental disorders, with possible age-specific features to be elucidated in the future.

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierChoroid PlexusCentral Nervous SystemCerebrospinal FluidHumansImmunityMacrophagesblood–cerebrospinal fluid barrierborder-associated macrophageschoroid plexusneurodevelopmental psychiatric disordersneuroimmune functions

Identifiers

PMID34312005
PMCPMC8551004
OpenAlexW3183687750

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