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ReviewTrends in immunology2024

Microglia as integrators of brain-associated molecular patterns.

Caroline C Escoubas, Anna V Molofsky

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Caroline C EscoubasDepartments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Anna V MolofskyDepartments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: anna.molofsky@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007334 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CYSTER, JASON G · 1988 to 2023
$11.0M
Microglial remodeling of the extracellular matrix in memory circuitsR01MH125000 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MOLOFSKY, ANNA V · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Coordinate regulation of neural circuit remodeling by glia: a prospective molecular approachDP2MH116507 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MOLOFSKY, ANNA V · 2017 to 2017
$2.4M
Meningeal type 2 immunity in cortical synapse remodeling during brain development and injuryR01NS126765 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Anna V Molofsky, Ari B Molofsky · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Astrocyte-microglial communication in developmental synapse formationR01MH119349 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MOLOFSKY, ANNA V · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Physiologic roles of Type I interferon responsive microglia in brain developmentR01MH135137 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Anna V Molofsky · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007334NIMH NIH HHS DP2 MH116507NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119349NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH125000NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH135137NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia are brain-resident macrophages that play key roles in brain development and experience dependent plasticity. In this review we discuss recent findings regarding the molecular mechanisms through which mammalian microglia sense the unique molecular patterns of the homeostatic brain. We propose that microglial function is acutely controlled in response to 'brain-associated molecular patterns' (BAMPs) that function as indicators of neuronal activity and neural circuit remodeling. A further layer of regulation comes from instructive cytokine cues that define unique microglial functional states. A systematic investigation of the receptors and signaling pathways that mediate these two regulatory axes may begin to define a functional code for microglia-neuron interactions.

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BrainMicrogliaSignal TransductionAnimalsCytokinesHomeostasisHumansNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsCytokinesbraincytokinesmicroglianeuronneuronal activityneurotransmitterspattern recognition receptorspurinergic signaling

Identifiers

PMID38658221
PMCPMC13055501
OpenAlexW4395038778

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