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ReviewImmunity, inflammation and disease2023

Toll-like receptors in pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and their therapeutic potential.

Yosef Tsegaye Dabi, Abayomi O Ajagbe, Sisay T Degechisa

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Review in Immunity, inflammation and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yosef Tsegaye DabiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-7537-5726
Abayomi O AjagbeDepartment of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria.
Sisay T DegechisaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-7528-1837
Arba Minch University · ETNile University of Nigeria · NGWollega University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a family of pattern-recognition receptors triggered by pathogen-derived and tissue-damage-related ligands. TLRs were previously believed to only be expressed in immune cells. However, it is now confirmed that they are ubiquitously expressed in cells within the body including neurons, astrocytes, and microglia of the central nervous system (CNS). Activation of TLRs is capable of inducing immunologic and inflammatory responses to injury or infection of CNS. This response is self-limiting that usually resolves once the infection has been eradicated or the tissue damage has been repaired. However, the persistence of inflammation-inducing insults or a failure in normal resolution mechanisms may result in overwhelming inflammation which may induce neurodegeneration. This implies that TLRs may play a role in mediating the link between inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases namely Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, stroke, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. So, new therapeutic approaches that specifically target TLRs may be developed by better understanding TLR expression mechanisms in the CNS and their connections to particular neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore, this review paper discussed the role of TLRs in neurodegenerative diseases.

Indexed as

Neurodegenerative DiseasesHumansInflammationMicrogliaNeuronsToll-Like ReceptorsToll-Like Receptorsinflammationneurodegenerative diseasestoll-like receptors

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PMID37102648
PMCPMC10116887
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