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ReviewGlia2023

The multitaskers of the brain: Glial responses to viral infections and associated post-infectious neurologic sequelae.

Veronica A Davé, Robyn S Klein

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Review in Glia, 2023. 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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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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Unraveling the complexities of neurotropic virus infection and immune evasion.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  10. DYT-Frontiers in neuroscience · 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

2 authors.

Veronica A DavéCenter for Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Immunology, Neurosciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3791-192X
Robyn S KleinCenter for Neuroimmunology & Neuroinfectious Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Immunology, Neurosciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0281-1352

Funding

Infectious Diseases/Basic Microbial Pathogenic MechanismsT32AI007172 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Daniel E. Goldberg, JENNIFER A PHILIPS · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
Research Program Award (R35 Clinical Trial Optional) - Dr. Robyn Klein NINDSR35NS122310 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAIN, MATTHEW D · 2021 to 2024
$3.7M
Mechanisms and impacts of astrocyte inflammasome activation during viral encephalitisF32NS126238 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVE, VERONICA ANJALI · 2022 to 2023
$108k
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007172NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS126238NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS122310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many viral infections cause acute and chronic neurologic diseases which can lead to degeneration of cortical functions. While neurotropic viruses that gain access to the central nervous system (CNS) may induce brain injury directly via infection of neurons or their supporting cells, they also alter brain function via indirect neuroimmune mechanisms that may disrupt the blood-brain barrier (BBB), eliminate synapses, and generate neurotoxic astrocytes and microglia that prevent recovery of neuronal circuits. Non-neuroinvasive, neurovirulent viruses may also trigger aberrant responses in glial cells, including those that interfere with motor and sensory behaviors, encoding of memories and executive function. Increasing evidence from human and animal studies indicate that neuroprotective antiviral responses that amplify levels of innate immune molecules dysregulate normal neuroimmune processes, even in the absence of neuroinvasion, which may persist after virus is cleared. In this review, we discuss how select emerging and re-emerging RNA viruses induce neuroimmunologic responses that lead to dysfunction of higher order processes including visuospatial recognition, learning and memory, and motor control. Identifying therapeutic targets that return the neuroimmune system to homeostasis is critical for preventing virus-induced neurodegenerative disorders.

Indexed as

BrainVirus DiseasesAnimalsAstrocytesBlood-Brain BarrierCentral Nervous SystemHumansastrocytehost-pathogen interactionsmicroglianeuroimmunologyneurovirology

Identifiers

PMID36334073
PMCPMC9931640

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