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ReviewJournal of neuroinflammation2021

Microglia and astrocyte involvement in neurodegeneration and brain cancer.

Arthur A Vandenbark, Halina Offner, Szymon Matejuk, Agata Matejuk

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Review in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Arthur A VandenbarkNeuroimmunology Research, R&D-31, VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW U.S. Veterans Hospital Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, USA. vandenba@ohsu.edu.
Halina OffnerNeuroimmunology Research, R&D-31, VA Portland Health Care System, 3710 SW U.S. Veterans Hospital Rd., Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Szymon MatejukMedical Student of Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.
Agata MatejukDepartment of Immunology, Collegium Medicum, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland. a.matejuk@cm.uz.zgora.pl.

Funding

Development of DRα1-MOG-35-55 for treatment of DR2 negative MS subjectsR44AI122574 · NIAID · VIROGENOMICS BIODEVELOPMENT, INC. · PI SHIRLEY, RENEE LYNN, VANDENBARK, ARTHUR A. · 2020 to 2022
$3.0M
Development of DRα1-MOG-35-55 for treatment of DR2 negative MS subjectsR42AI122574 · NIAID · VIROGENOMICS BIODEVELOPMENT, INC. · PI VANDENBARK, ARTHUR A. · 2017 to 2018
$1.5M
Compensatory mechanisms of estrogen mediated protection from EAE in IL-10 KO miceR21AI148409 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI OFFNER, HALINA · 2020 to 2021
$347k
Immunoregulation of Myelin-Specific T LymphocytesI01BX000226 · VA · PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI VANDENBARK, ARTHUR A. · 2009 to 2024
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Preclinical Translational Studies with DRHQI01BX005112 · VA · PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI VANDENBARK, ARTHUR A. · 2020 to 2024
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BLRD Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6BX004209 · VA · PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ARTHUR A. VANDENBARK · 2018 to 2026
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biomedical laboratory research and development, va office of research and development 2I01 BX000226blr&d merit review for pre-ind studies of drugs and biologics award 5I01 BX005112BLRD VA I01 BX000226BLRD VA I01 BX005112BLRD VA IK6 BX004209national institute of allergy and infectious diseases awards 2R42AI122574NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI148409NIAID NIH HHS R42 AI122574NIAID NIH HHS R44 AI122574senior research career scientist award 1IK6BX004209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain is unique and the most complex organ of the body, containing neurons and several types of glial cells of different origins and properties that protect and ensure normal brain structure and function. Neurological disorders are the result of a failure of the nervous system multifaceted cellular networks. Although great progress has been made in the understanding of glia involvement in neuropathology, therapeutic outcomes are still not satisfactory. Here, we discuss recent perspectives on the role of microglia and astrocytes in neurological disorders, including the two most common neurodegenerative conditions, Alzheimer disease and progranulin-related frontotemporal lobar dementia, as well as astrocytoma brain tumors. We emphasize key factors of microglia and astrocytic biology such as the highly heterogeneic glial nature strongly dependent on the environment, genetic factors that predispose to certain pathologies and glia senescence that inevitably changes the CNS landscape. Our understanding of diverse glial contributions to neurological diseases can lead advances in glial biology and their functional recovery after CNS malfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesBrain NeoplasmsHumansMicrogliaNeurodegenerative DiseasesAlzheimer diseaseAstrocytesAstrocytomaCNSFTLDMicrogliaNeurodegenerationNeuroinflammation

Identifiers

PMID34949203
PMCPMC8697466

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