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ArticleCells2023

Brain Infection by Group B Streptococcus Induces Inflammation and Affects Neurogenesis in the Adult Mouse Hippocampus.

Katerina Segklia, Rebecca Matsas, Florentia Papastefanaki

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ceftazidime-avibactam versus polymyxin B for carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria-associated post-neurosurgical meningitis: a retrospective comparative study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  5. The brain pathobiome in Alzheimer's disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katerina SegkliaLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology-Stem Cells, Neurobiology Department, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2017-4564
Rebecca MatsasLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology-Stem Cells, Neurobiology Department, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4027-348X
Florentia PapastefanakiLaboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology-Stem Cells, Neurobiology Department, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1237-642X
Pasteur Hellenic Institute · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central nervous system infections caused by pathogens crossing the blood-brain barrier are extremely damaging and trigger cellular alterations and neuroinflammation. Bacterial brain infection, in particular, is a major cause of hippocampal neuronal degeneration. Hippocampal neurogenesis, a continuous multistep process occurring throughout life in the adult brain, could compensate for such neuronal loss. However, the high rates of cognitive and other sequelae from bacterial meningitis/encephalitis suggest that endogenous repair mechanisms might be severely affected. In the current study, we used Group B Streptococcus (GBS) strain NEM316, to establish an adult mouse model of brain infection and determine its impact on adult neurogenesis. Experimental encephalitis elicited neurological deficits and death, induced inflammation, and affected neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the adult hippocampus by suppressing the proliferation of progenitor cells and the generation of newborn neurons. These effects were specifically associated with hippocampal neurogenesis while subventricular zone neurogenesis was not affected. Overall, our data provide new insights regarding the effect of GBS infection on adult brain neurogenesis.

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EncephalitisNeurogenesisAnimalsHippocampusInflammationMiceStreptococcusadult mouse neurogenesisgroup B streptococcushippocampusprogenitor cellsproliferation

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PMID37371040
PMCPMC10296580
OpenAlexW4379793201

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