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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2022

Immunologic aspects of migraine: A review of literature.

Mehrnaz Salahi, Sina Parsa, Delaram Nourmohammadi, Zahra Razmkhah, Omid Salimi, Mohammadreza Rahmani, Saeid Zivary, Monireh Askarzadeh, Mohammad Amin Tapak, Ali Vaezi and 5 more

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Migraines as a Risk Factor for Many 90-Day Postoperative Complications Following Single-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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  10. Revisiting Migraine Pathophysiology: from Neurons To Immune Cells Through Lens of Immune Regulatory Pathways.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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  13. Oxidative Stress and Migraine.Molecular neurobiology · 2024
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  20. Lack of Association between CommonInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Mehrnaz SalahiStudent Research Committee, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Sina ParsaStudent Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Delaram NourmohammadiStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra RazmkhahStudent Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Omid SalimiStudent Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammadreza RahmaniStudent Research Committee, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Saeid ZivaryStudent Research Committee, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Monireh AskarzadehDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Amin TapakStudent Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Ali VaeziSchool of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamidreza SadeghsalehiDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shirin YaghoobpoorStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehran MottahediFaculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Setareh GarousiFaculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Niloofar DeraviStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRKurdistan University of Medical Sciences · IRMashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRIslamic Azad University of Najafabad · IRKashan University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRZanjan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migraine headaches are highly prevalent, affecting 15% of the population. However, despite many studies to determine this disease's mechanism and efficient management, its pathophysiology has not been fully elucidated. There are suggested hypotheses about the possible mediating role of mast cells, immunoglobulin E, histamine, and cytokines in this disease. A higher incidence of this disease in allergic and asthma patients, reported by several studies, indicates the possible role of brain mast cells located around the brain vessels in this disease. The mast cells are more specifically within the dura and can affect the trigeminal nerve and cervical or sphenopalatine ganglion, triggering the secretion of substances that cause migraine. Neuropeptides such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), neurokinin-A, neurotensin (NT), pituitary adenylate-cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), and substance P (SP) trigger mast cells, and in response, they secrete pro-inflammatory and vasodilatory molecules such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) as a selective result of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion. This stress hormone contributes to migraine or intensifies it. Blocking these pathways using immunologic agents such as CGRP antibody, anti-CGRP receptor antibody, and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β)/interleukin 1 receptor type 1 (IL-1R1) axis-related agents may be promising as potential prophylactic migraine treatments. This review is going to summarize the immunological aspects of migraine.

Indexed as

headacheimmunological: autoimmune diseaseimmunologic aspectsimmunologymigraine

Identifiers

PMID36247795
PMCPMC9554313
OpenAlexW4297541652

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