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ReviewJournal of neurology2023

Toll-like receptors and NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent pathways in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.

Luca Soraci, Maria Elsa Gambuzza, Leonardo Biscetti, Pasqualina Laganà, Carmela Lo Russo, Annamaria Buda, Giada Barresi, Andrea Corsonello, Fabrizia Lattanzio, Giuseppe Lorello and 2 more

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Review in Journal of neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Luca SoraciUnit of Geriatric Medicine, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS), 87100, Cosenza, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0171-3358
Maria Elsa GambuzzaTerritorial Office of Messina, Italian Ministry of Health, 98122, Messina, Italy.
Leonardo BiscettiSection of Neurology, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS), 60121, Ancona, Italy. l.biscetti@inrca.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-9432
Pasqualina LaganàBiomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Imaging Department, University of Messina, 98124, Messina, Italy.
Carmela Lo RussoUnit of Geriatric Medicine, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS), 87100, Cosenza, Italy.
Annamaria BudaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98124, Messina, Italy.
Giada BarresiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98124, Messina, Italy.
Andrea CorsonelloUnit of Geriatric Medicine, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS), 87100, Cosenza, Italy.
Fabrizia LattanzioScientific Direction, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA-IRCCS), 60121, Ancona, Italy.
Giuseppe LorelloUnit of Internal Medicine, Polyclinic G Martino Hospital, 98125, Messina, Italy.
Gianfranco FilippelliMedical Oncology, Stabilimento Ospedaliero Paola, 87027, Cosenza, Italy.
Silvia MarinoIRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, 98124, Messina, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani · ITUniversity of Messina · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" · ITCentro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · ITMinistero della Salute · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor disturbances as a result of a complex and not fully understood pathogenesis, probably including neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and formation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates. As age is the main risk factor for several neurodegenerative disorders including PD, progressive aging of the immune system leading to inflammaging and immunosenescence may contribute to neuroinflammation leading to PD onset and progression; abnormal α-syn aggregation in the context of immune dysfunction may favor activation of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NOD) family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome within microglial cells through interaction with toll-like receptors (TLRs). This process would further lead to activation of Caspase (Cas)-1, and increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (PC), with subsequent impairment of mitochondria and damage to dopaminergic neurons. All these phenomena are mediated by the translocation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) and enhanced by reactive oxygen species (ROS). To date, drugs to treat PD are mainly aimed at relieving clinical symptoms and there are no disease-modifying options to reverse or stop disease progression. This review outlines the role of the TLR/NLRP3/Cas-1 pathway in PD-related immune dysfunction, also focusing on specific therapeutic options that might be used since the early stages of the disease to counteract neuroinflammation and immune dysfunction.

Indexed as

InflammasomesParkinson DiseaseHumansMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinToll-Like ReceptorsInflammasomesNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinToll-Like ReceptorsInflammationInnate immunityParkinson’s diseaseTLR/NLRP3/Caspase-1 pathwayToll-like receptorsα-synuclein

Identifiers

PMID36460875
PMCPMC9971082
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