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ReviewCells2021

The Influence of Virus Infection on Microglia and Accelerated Brain Aging.

Luis Filgueira, Alexey Larionov, Nils Lannes

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 57 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis FilgueiraAnatomy, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2266-6650
Alexey LarionovAnatomy, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Nils LannesAnatomy, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2926-6182
University of Fribourg · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system contributing substantially to health and disease. There is increasing evidence that inflammatory microglia may induce or accelerate brain aging, by interfering with physiological repair and remodeling processes. Many viral infections affect the brain and interfere with microglia functions, including human immune deficiency virus, flaviviruses, SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and human herpes viruses. Especially chronic viral infections causing low-grade neuroinflammation may contribute to brain aging. This review elucidates the potential role of various neurotropic viruses in microglia-driven neurocognitive deficiencies and possibly accelerated brain aging.

Indexed as

AgingAnimalsBrainCOVID-19HumansInflammationMicrogliaSARS-CoV-2Virus Diseasesbrain agingflavivirusHIVhuman herpes virusmicroglianeuroinflammationneurotropic virusSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34360004
PMCPMC8303900
OpenAlexW3186317916

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Registered trials

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