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ReviewBiomedicines2024

The Impact of Microglia on Neurodevelopment and Brain Function in Autism.

Yuyi Luo, Zhengbo Wang

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Maternal Extracellular Vesicles During Pregnancy and Autism Risk in Children.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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  3. A Developmental Neuroimmune Cascade Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. The Neuroimmunology of Autism.Molecular neurobiology · 2025
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  20. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuyi LuoState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.
Zhengbo WangState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4717-5137
Kunming University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFA0801403National Natural Science Foundation of China 31960120Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province 202001BC070001 & 202102AA100053, 202105AC160041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia, as one of the main types of glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS), are widely distributed throughout the brain and spinal cord. The normal number and function of microglia are very important for maintaining homeostasis in the CNS. In recent years, scientists have paid widespread attention to the role of microglia in the CNS. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder, and patients with ASD have severe deficits in behavior, social skills, and communication. Most previous studies on ASD have focused on neuronal pathological changes, such as increased cell proliferation, accelerated neuronal differentiation, impaired synaptic development, and reduced neuronal spontaneous and synchronous activity. Currently, more and more research has found that microglia, as immune cells, can promote neurogenesis and synaptic pruning to maintain CNS homeostasis. They can usually reduce unnecessary synaptic connections early in life. Some researchers have proposed that many pathological phenotypes of ASD may be caused by microglial abnormalities. Based on this, we summarize recent research on microglia in ASD, focusing on the function of microglia and neurodevelopmental abnormalities. We aim to clarify the essential factors influenced by microglia in ASD and explore the possibility of microglia-related pathways as potential research targets for ASD.

Indexed as

microglianeurodevelopmentneurogenesispathological mechanismsynaptic pruning

Identifiers

PMID38255315
PMCPMC10813633
OpenAlexW4390941957

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