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ReviewNeurochemical research2022

Microglia at the Centre of Brain Research: Accomplishments and Challenges for the Future.

Nuno L Soares, Helena L A Vieira

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Review in Neurochemical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Unraveling the enigma: housekeeping geneFrontiers in psychiatry · 2024
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  7. Mechanism of Insomnia After Stroke Based on Intestinal Flora.International journal of general medicine · 2024
    Review
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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.

Nuno L SoaresChronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC) - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal. nuno.soares@nms.unl.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4972-5737
Helena L A VieiraChronic Diseases Research Center (CEDOC) - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campo dos Mártires da Pátria 130, 1169-056, Lisboa, Portugal.

Funding

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa ANR/NEUNMC/0022/2012Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa LA/P/0140/2020Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa PD/BD/127819/2016Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa PTDC/MEC-NEU/28750/2017Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa UIDB/04378/2020Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDP/04378/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia are the immune guardians of the central nervous system (CNS), with critical functions in development, maintenance of homeostatic tissue balance, injury and repair. For a long time considered a forgotten 'third element' with basic phagocytic functions, a recent surge in interest, accompanied by technological progress, has demonstrated that these distinct myeloid cells have a wide-ranging importance for brain function. This review reports microglial origins, development, and function in the healthy brain. Moreover, it also targets microglia dysfunction and how it contributes to the progression of several neurological disorders, focusing on particular molecular mechanisms and whether these may present themselves as opportunities for novel, microglia-targeted therapeutic approaches, an ever-enticing prospect. Finally, as it has been recently celebrated 100 years of microglia research, the review highlights key landmarks from the past century and looked into the future. Many challenging problems have arisen, thus it points out some of the most pressing questions and experimental challenges for the ensuing century.

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BrainMicrogliaCentral Nervous SystemHomeostasis

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