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ArticleBiology2021

Neuron-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate Microglia Activation and Function.

Hui Peng, Brock T Harvey, Christopher I Richards, Kimberly Nixon

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Article in Biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Neuron-Glia Communications in the Central Nervous System.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hui PengDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Brock T HarveyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 212 Chemistry-Physics Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Christopher I RichardsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 212 Chemistry-Physics Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
Kimberly NixonDivision of Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3466-9912
University of Kentucky · USThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Microglia and Adolescent Susceptibility to Developing an Alcohol Use DisorderR01AA025591 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI NIXON, KIMBERLY · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
The role of exosomes on brain inflammation and microglia activation in alcohol use disordersR21AA025563 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI NIXON, KIMBERLY, PENG, HUI · 2017 to 2018
$395k
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA025591NIAAA NIH HHS R01AA025591NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA025563NIAAA NIH HHS R21AA025563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia act as the immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). They play an important role in maintaining brain homeostasis but also in mediating neuroimmune responses to insult. The interactions between neurons and microglia represent a key process for neuroimmune regulation and subsequent effects on CNS integrity. However, the molecular mechanisms of neuron-glia communication in regulating microglia function are not fully understood. One recently described means of this intercellular communication is via nano-sized extracellular vesicles (EVs) that transfer a large diversity of molecules between neurons and microglia, such as proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. To determine the effects of neuron-derived EVs (NDEVs) on microglia, NDEVs were isolated from the culture supernatant of rat cortical neurons. When NDEVs were added to primary cultured rat microglia, we found significantly improved microglia viability via inhibition of apoptosis. Additionally, application of NDEVs to cultured microglia also inhibited the expression of activation surface markers on microglia. Furthermore, NDEVs reduced the LPS-induced proinflammatory response in microglia according to reduced gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, MCP-1) and iNOS, but increased expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10. These findings support that neurons critically regulate microglia activity and control inflammation via EV-mediated neuron-glia communication. (Supported by R21AA025563 and R01AA025591).

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cytokineextracellular vesicleinflammationmicroglia activationneuron

Identifiers

PMID34681047
PMCPMC8533634
OpenAlexW3199173213

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