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ReviewImmunological reviews2022

Catching a killer: Mechanisms of programmed cell death and immune activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Dylan V Neel, Himanish Basu, Georgia Gunner, Isaac M Chiu

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Review in Immunological reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dylan V NeelDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Blavatnik Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6964-9842
Himanish BasuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Blavatnik Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Georgia GunnerDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Blavatnik Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Isaac M ChiuDepartment of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Blavatnik Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0723-4841
Boston Biomedical Research Institute · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
$14.7M
Pain and Neuro-immune Signaling in S. pyogenes pathogenesisR01AI130019 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHIU, ISAAC MING-CHENG, WESSELS, MICHAEL R · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
Nociceptor neuron regulation of gastrointestinal barrier protection and host defenseR01DK127257 · NIDDK · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHIU, ISAAC MING-CHENG · 2021 to 2024
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130019NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127257NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the central nervous system (CNS), execution of programmed cell death (PCD) is crucial for proper neurodevelopment. However, aberrant activation of these pathways in adult CNS leads to neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). How a cell dies is critical, as it can drive local immune activation and tissue damage. Classical apoptosis engages several mechanisms to evoke "immunologically silent" responses, whereas other forms of programmed death such as pyroptosis, necroptosis, and ferroptosis release molecules that can potentiate immune responses and inflammation. In ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disorder marked by progressive death of lower and upper motor neurons, several cell types in the CNS express machinery for multiple PCD pathways. The specific cell types engaging PCD, and ultimate mechanisms by which neuronal death occurs in ALS are not well defined. Here, we provide an overview of different PCD pathways implicated in ALS. We also examine immune activation in ALS and differentiate apoptosis from necrotic mechanisms based on downstream immunological consequences. Lastly, we highlight therapeutic strategies that target cell death pathways in the treatment of neurodegeneration and inflammation in ALS.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAdultApoptosisHumansInflammationMotor NeuronsNecrosiscell deathinnate immunologyneurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID35524757
PMCPMC9489610
OpenAlexW4229069941

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