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ReviewBrain, behavior, & immunity - health2021

The role of lymphocytes in neonatal encephalopathy.

Ashanty M Melo, Nawal Ab Taher, Derek G Doherty, Eleanor J Molloy

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Review in Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashanty M MeloDiscipline of Paediatrics and Immunology Trinity College Dublin, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Nawal Ab TaherDiscipline of Paediatrics and Immunology Trinity College Dublin, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Derek G DohertyDiscipline of Immunology Trinity College Dublin, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Eleanor J MolloyDiscipline of Paediatrics and Immunology Trinity College Dublin, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonatal encephalopathy is a syndrome characterised by abnormal neurological function often caused by a hypoxic insult during childbirth. Triggers such as hypoxia-ischaemia result in the release of cytokines and chemokines inducing the infiltration of neutrophils, natural killer cells, B cells, T cells and innate T cells into the brain. However, the role of these cells in the development of the brain injury is poorly understood. We review the mechanisms by which lymphocytes contribute to brain damage in NE. NK, T and innate T cells release proinflammatory cytokines contributing to the neurodegeneration in the secondary and tertiary phase of injury, whereas B cells and regulatory T cells produce IL-10 protecting the brain in NE. Targeting lymphocytes may have therapeutic potential in the treatment of NE in terms of management of inflammation and brain damage, particularly in the tertiary or persistent phases.

Indexed as

activating transcription factor-6, ATF6Blood-brain barrier, BBBcentral nervous system, CNSgranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, GM-CSFHypoxia-ischaemia encephalopathy, HIEHypoxia-ischaemia, HIHypoxic-ischaemiaImmune responseinterleukin, ILLymphocytesmajor histocompatibility complex, MHCnatural killer, NK cellsNeonatal encephalopathyNeonatal encephalopathy, NERegulatory T cells, TregsT cell receptors, TCRsT helper, ThTherapeutic hypothermia, THtumour necrosis factor-alpha, TNF-αWhite Matter Injury, WMI

Identifiers

PMID34755125
PMCPMC8560973
OpenAlexW3210213115

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