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ArticleNeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics2022

Interleukin-2 expands neuroprotective regulatory T cells in Parkinson's disease.

Milica Markovic, Pravin Yeapuri, Krista L Namminga, Yaman Lu, Maamoon Saleh, Katherine E Olson, Howard E Gendelman, R Lee Mosley

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Article in NeuroImmune pharmacology and therapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Peripheral Mononuclear Cell Mitochondrial Function Associates with T-Cell Cytokines in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Milica MarkovicDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-1833
Pravin YeapuriDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Krista L NammingaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.
Yaman LuDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.
Maamoon SalehDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.
Katherine E OlsonDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.
Howard E GendelmanDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-0370
R Lee MosleyDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 68198 Omaha, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4241-6149
University of Nebraska Medical Center · USNebraska Medical Center · US

Funding

Therapeutics Core (Page 286)P30MH062261 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BUCH, SHILPA J., FOX, HOWARD S · 2000 to 2021
$37.7M
Targeted Neuro Protection of HIV-1 Associated Neurologic DiseaseP01MH064570 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GELBARD, HARRIS A · 2001 to 2014
$19.4M
Neuroprotective Immunity and HIV DementiaR01NS034239 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Howard E Gendelman, R Lee Mosley · 1995 to 2026
$12.3M
Nanomedicine and NeuroAIDSR01NS036126 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 1997 to 2017
$5.7M
Neuroimmunology of Disease Training ProgramT32NS105594 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Aditya N Bade, Howard E Gendelman · 2018 to 2026
$1.4M
NIMH NIH HHS P01 MH064570NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062261NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034239NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036126NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS105594
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Pharmacological approaches that boost neuroprotective regulatory T cell (Treg) number and function lead to neuroprotective activities in neurodegenerative disorders. Objectives: We investigated whether low-dose interleukin 2 (IL-2) expands Treg populations and protects nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in a model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods: IL-2 at 2.5 × 10 Results: IL-2 increased frequencies of CD4 Conclusions: IL-2 expands numbers of neuroprotective Tregs providing a vehicle for neuroprotection of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in a pre-clinical PD model.

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immune toleranceinterleukin-2neuroprotectionParkinson’s diseaseregulatory T cellsTregs

Identifiers

PMID38407500
PMCPMC9254387
OpenAlexW4283165627

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