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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

The Role of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Immune-Related Diseases: A Narrative Review.

Marcin Sochal, Marta Ditmer, Agata Gabryelska, Piotr Białasiewicz

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 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
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcin SochalDepartment of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2122-0304
Marta DitmerDepartment of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.
Agata GabryelskaDepartment of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4430-6488
Piotr BiałasiewiczDepartment of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PL

Funding

Ministry of Education and Science, Poland SKN/SP/496681/2021National Science Centre, Poland 2018/31/N/NZ5/03715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin regulating synaptic plasticity, neuronal excitability, and nociception. It seems to be one of the key molecules in interactions between the central nervous system and immune-related diseases, i.e., diseases with an inflammatory background of unknown etiology, such as inflammatory bowel diseases or rheumatoid arthritis. Studies show that BDNF levels might change in the tissues and serum of patients during the course of these conditions, e.g., affecting cell survival and modulating pain severity and signaling pathways involving different neurotransmitters. Immune-related conditions often feature psychiatric comorbidities, such as sleep disorders (e.g., insomnia) and symptoms of depression/anxiety; BDNF may be related as well to them as it seems to exert an influence on sleep structure; studies also show that patients with psychiatric disorders have decreased BDNF levels, which increase after treatment. BDNF also has a vital role in nociception, particularly in chronic pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia, participating in the formation of central hypersensitization. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on BDNF's function in immune-related diseases, sleep, and pain. We also discuss how BDNF is affected by treatment and what consequences these changes might have beyond the nervous system.

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BDNFimmunitysleep medicine

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PMID36294343
PMCPMC9604720
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