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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2021

Neuronal Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Bioenergetic Failure in Inflammation-Associated Depression.

Angela Maria Casaril, Robert Dantzer, Carlos Bas-Orth

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Angela Maria CasarilDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Robert DantzerLaboratories of Neuroimmunology, Department of Symptom Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Carlos Bas-OrthDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Recovery from Comorbid Depression and Chronic PainR01NS073939 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DANTZER, ROBERT, HEIJNEN, COBI J · 2011 to 2020
$4.0M
The Metabolic Basis of Cancer-Related FatigueR01CA193522 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DANTZER, ROBERT · 2015 to 2023
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193522NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a leading cause of disability and affects more than 4% of the population worldwide. Even though its pathophysiology remains elusive, it is now well accepted that peripheral inflammation might increase the risk of depressive episodes in a subgroup of patients. However, there is still insufficient knowledge about the mechanisms by which inflammation induces alterations in brain function. In neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases, extensive studies have reported that inflammation negatively impacts mitochondrial health, contributing to excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, energy deficits, and eventually neuronal death. In addition, damaged mitochondria can release a wide range of damage-associated molecular patterns that are potent activators of the inflammatory response, creating a feed-forward cycle between oxidative stress, mitochondrial impairment, inflammation, and neuronal dysfunction. Surprisingly, the possible involvement of this vicious cycle in the pathophysiology of inflammation-associated depression remains understudied. In this mini-review we summarize the research supporting the association between neuroinflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and bioenergetic failure in inflammation-associated depression to highlight the relevance of further studies addressing this crosstalk.

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bioenergeticsdepressioninflammationmitochondrianeurons

Identifiers

PMID34790089
PMCPMC8592286
OpenAlexW3209211579

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