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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2022

Neural control of the spleen as an effector of immune responses to inflammation: mechanisms and treatments.

Clarissa M D Mota, Christopher J Madden

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Review in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 48 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Clarissa M D MotaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.ORCID 0000-0001-7113-6173
Christopher J MaddenDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.ORCID 0000-0001-6949-5695
Oregon Health & Science University · US

Funding

Neural mechanisms in high fat diet impairment of brown adipose tissue activityR01DK112198 · NIDDK · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MADDEN, CHRISTOPHER J · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK112198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune system responses are a vital defense mechanism against pathogens. Inflammatory mediators finely regulate complex inflammatory responses from initiation to resolution. However, in certain conditions, the inflammation is initiated and amplified, but not resolved. Understanding the biological mechanisms underlying the regulation of the immune response is critical for developing therapeutic alternatives, including pharmaceuticals and bioelectronic tools. The spleen is an important immune effector organ since it orchestrates innate and adaptive immune responses such as pathogen clearance, cytokine production, and differentiation of cells, therefore playing a modulatory role that balances pro- and anti-inflammatory responses. However, modulation of splenic immune activity is a largely unexplored potential therapeutic tool that could be used for the treatment of inflammatory and life-threatening conditions. This review discusses some of the mechanisms controlling neuroimmune communication and the brain-spleen axis.

Indexed as

NeuroimmunomodulationSpleenHumansImmune SystemImmunity, InnateInflammationautonomic nervous systembraininflammationinflammatory reflexneuroimmune axis

Identifiers

PMID35993560
PMCPMC9485006
OpenAlexW4292595659

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