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ArticleImmuno2022

The "6B" strategy: Build Back a Better Blood-Brain Barrier.

Laurent Calvier, Anna E Alexander, Joachim Herz

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Article in Immuno, 2022. 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
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Genetic or therapeutic disruption of the Reelin/Apoer2 signaling pathway improves inflammatory arthritis outcomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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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.

Laurent CalvierDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Anna E AlexanderDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Joachim HerzDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

UT Southwestern NORCP30DK127984 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeff G McDonald · 2022 to 2026
$7.4M
Metabolism of the VLDL receptor and ApoE receptor 2R37HL063762 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2010 to 2019
$4.0M
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Apolipoprotein E receptor-2 splicing in Alzheimer's diseaseRF1AG053391 · NIA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Molecular Basis of Synaptic Suppression by ApoER01NS093382 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI HERZ, JOACHIM J · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL063762NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG053391NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK127984NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093382
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under pathological conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS), leukocytes infiltrate the central nervous system where they, in concert with activated microglia, promote inflammatory demyelination resulting in a broad spectrum of symptoms including paralysis. Therefore, all current therapeutic approaches to MS target the immune system, blocking inflammation and paralysis progression, but may compromise the immune system. In this focused review, we present an underestimated compartment, the blood-brain barrier, which is compromised during MS and becomes permeable to leukocytes infiltrating the central nervous system. This barrier has the potential to offer new therapeutic strategies and is easily accessible for drugs. We highlight this paradigm using the example of the therapeutic anti-Reelin strategy we have developed. Reelin is a plasma protein that regulates the expression of adhesion markers on the endothelial surface, thus promoting the infiltration of inflammatory cells and propagating inflammation. Building Back a Better Blood-Brain Barrier (the "6B" strategy) may have advantages compared to actual immunosuppressive drugs because it restores a physiological function rather than suppressing the immune system.

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PMID38098699
PMCPMC10720986
OpenAlexW4294733856

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