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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2022

PD-L1 signaling in reactive astrocytes counteracts neuroinflammation and ameliorates neuronal damage after traumatic brain injury.

Xiang Gao, Wei Li, Fahim Syed, Fang Yuan, Ping Li, Qigui Yu

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Astrocytes in Multiple Sclerosis: Getting to the Core.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  11. Unmasking a Paradox: Roles of the PD-1/PD-L1 Axis in Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Neuroinflammation.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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  13. Therapeutic implications for the PD-1 axis in cerebrovascular injury.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiang Gao *Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group, Department of Neurological Surgery, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 320 W. 15th Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. xiangao@iupui.edu.
Wei Li *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Science Building, MS267, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Fahim SyedDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Science Building, MS267, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Fang YuanSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group, Department of Neurological Surgery, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 320 W. 15th Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Ping LiDepartment of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA.
Qigui YuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Science Building, MS267, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA. andyu@iupui.edu.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USIndiana University School of MedicineNeurological Surgery · US

Funding

Immunology and Infectious Diseases Training ProgramT32AI060519 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI MARK H KAPLAN · 2004 to 2026
$6.0M
Targeting latently infected Tfh cells to achieving a functional cure of HIV-1R01AI117835 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI YU, QIGUI A. · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Specific killing of latently HIV-1-infected cells after provirus reactivationR33AI104268 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI YU, QIGUI A. · 2015 to 2017
$1.2M
Specific killing of latently HIV-1-infected cells after provirus reactivationR21AI104268 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI YU, QIGUI A. · 2013 to 2014
$429k
Alcohol's impact on immunological and virological profiles in HIV patientsUH2AA026218 · NIAAA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI YU, QIGUI A. · 2017 to 2018
$318k
NIAAA NIH HHS UH2 AA026218NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117835NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI104268NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI104268NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060519NIH HHS AI104268NIH HHS R01 AI117835NIH HHS UH2AA026218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTissue damage and cellular destruction are the major events in traumatic brain injury (TBI), which trigger sterile neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory responses in the brain. While appropriate acute and transient neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory responses facilitate the repair and adaptation of injured brain tissues, prolonged and excessive neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory responses exacerbate brain damage. The mechanisms that control the intensity and duration of neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory responses in TBI largely remain elusive.

methodsWe used the controlled cortical impact (CCI) model of TBI to study the role of immune checkpoints (ICPs), key regulators of immune homeostasis, in the regulation of neuroimmune and neuroinflammatory responses in the brain in vivo.

resultsWe found that de novo expression of PD-L1, a potent inhibitory ICP, was robustly and transiently induced in reactive astrocytes, but not in microglia, neurons, or oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs). These PD-L1

conclusionsPD-L1

Indexed as

AstrocytesBrain Injuries, TraumaticAnimalsB7-H1 AntigenBrainMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesNeuronsB7-H1 AntigenAstrocyteImmune checkpointIntrinsic signalingNeuroimmune responseNeuroinflammationPD-L1Traumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID35135580
PMCPMC8822654
OpenAlexW4210846674

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