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ReviewFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2021

Acid-Sensing Ion Channels: Expression and Function in Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells in the Central Nervous System.

Victoria S Foster, Lachlan D Rash, Glenn F King, Michelle M Rank

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Review in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Acid-sensing ion channels as sensors of brain metabolic state.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2026
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  9. Roles of endothelial cells during infection.Current opinion in immunology · 2025
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  17. Progress on functions of intracellular domainZhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2024
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  18. 4-(Azolyl)-Benzamidines as a Novel Chemotype for ASIC1a Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Victoria S FosterInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Lachlan D RashSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Glenn F KingInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.
Michelle M RankAnatomy and Physiology, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
University of Queensland · AUARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral and central immune cells are critical for fighting disease, but they can also play a pivotal role in the onset and/or progression of a variety of neurological conditions that affect the central nervous system (CNS). Tissue acidosis is often present in CNS pathologies such as multiple sclerosis, epileptic seizures, and depression, and local pH is also reduced during periods of ischemia following stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. These pathological increases in extracellular acidity can activate a class of proton-gated channels known as acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs). ASICs have been primarily studied due to their ubiquitous expression throughout the nervous system, but it is less well recognized that they are also found in various types of immune cells. In this review, we explore what is currently known about the expression of ASICs in both peripheral and CNS-resident immune cells, and how channel activation during pathological tissue acidosis may lead to altered immune cell function that in turn modulates inflammatory pathology in the CNS. We identify gaps in the literature where ASICs and immune cell function has not been characterized, such as neurotrauma. Knowledge of the contribution of ASICs to immune cell function in neuropathology will be critical for determining whether the therapeutic benefits of ASIC inhibition might be due in part to an effect on immune cells.

Indexed as

acidosisacid-sensing ion channel (ASIC)central nervous systemimmune cellion channelneuroimmunologyneuropathology

Identifiers

PMID34602982
PMCPMC8484650
OpenAlexW3200437266

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