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ArticleActa neuropathologica2023

Detection of blood-brain barrier disruption in brains of patients with COVID-19, but no evidence of brain penetration by SARS-CoV-2.

Hailong Song, Alexandra Tomasevich, Kofi K Acheampong, Dylan L Schaff, Sydney M Shaffer, Jean-Pierre Dolle, Victoria E Johnson, Bailey Mikytuck, Edward B Lee, Amber Nolan and 4 more

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Human brain matters: Navigating the neuropathology of COVID-19.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2026
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  3. A survey of SARS-CoV-2 tropism.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2025
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  4. Neuroimmune pathophysiology of long COVID.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025
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  15. Microglia at the blood brain barrier in health and disease.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Hailong SongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, 105 Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Alexandra TomasevichDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, 105 Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Kofi K AcheampongDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Dylan L SchaffDepartment of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Sydney M ShafferDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Jean-Pierre DolleDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, 105 Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Victoria E JohnsonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, 105 Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Bailey MikytuckTranslational Neuropathology Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Edward B LeeTranslational Neuropathology Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Amber NolanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
C Dirk KeeneDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Susan R WeissDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
William StewartSchool of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK.
Douglas H SmithDepartment of Neurosurgery, Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania, 3320 Smith Walk, 105 Hayden Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. smithdou@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG072979 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI DAVID A WOLK · 2021 to 2026
$24.8M
Understanding Environmental Contributions to Heterogeneity in bvFTD.P01AG066597 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Edward Byung-Ha Lee · 2020 to 2026
$18.8M
Project IV "Tackling Heterogeneity of Cognitive Trajectory in LBD"U19AG062418 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LEE, VIRGINIA M · 2019 to 2023
$18.1M
Data Coordinating CoreU54NS115322 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SMITH, DOUGLAS HAMILTON, STEWART, WILLIAM · 2019 to 2023
$9.2M
Cortical Somatostatin Interneuron Dysfunction after Trauma: Role in Cognitive FlexibilityK08NS114170 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI NOLAN, AMBER L · 2019 to 2023
$1.0M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066597NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072979NIA NIH HHS U19 AG062418NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS114170NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS115322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Biological TransportBlood-Brain BarrierBrainHumans

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PMID37624381
PMCPMC10592095

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