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ReviewBrain : a journal of neurology2024

The immune system in Parkinson's disease: what we know so far.

Cintia Roodveldt, Liliana Bernardino, Ozgur Oztop-Cakmak, Milorad Dragic, Kari E Fladmark, Sibel Ertan, Busra Aktas, Carlos Pita, Lucia Ciglar, Gaetan Garraux and 3 more

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Review in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Neuroinflammation plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and biomarker evidence.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Cintia RoodveldtCentre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, University of Seville-CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.
Liliana BernardinoHealth Sciences Research Center (CICS-UBI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506, Covilhã, Portugal.
Ozgur Oztop-CakmakDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul 34010, Turkey.
Milorad DragicLaboratory for Neurobiology, Department of General Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Kari E FladmarkDepartment of Biological Science, University of Bergen, 5006 Bergen, Norway.
Sibel ErtanDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul 34010, Turkey.
Busra AktasDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur 15200, Turkey.
Carlos PitaiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Lucia CiglarCenter Health & Bioresources, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
Gaetan GarrauxMovere Group, Faculty of Medicine, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium.
Caroline Williams-GrayDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2PY, UK.
Rodrigo PachecoLaboratorio de Neuroinmunología, Centro Científico y Tecnológico de Excelencia Ciencia & Vida, Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Huechuraba 8580702, Santiago, Chile.
Marina Romero-RamosDepartment of Biomedicine & The Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience-DANDRITE, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0970-578X

Funding

Advokat Rolf Sandberg Rebergs og Ellen Marie Rebergs FoundationAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo FONDECYT-1210013Bjarne Saxhof FundCambridge Biomedical Research Centre NIHR203312Centro Ciencia & Vida FB210008Centros Científicos y Tecnológicos de ExcelenciaDanish Parkinson's FoundationEuropean Cooperation in Science and TechnologyFCT 2023.00453.BDFonds de la Recherche ScientifiqueFonds RahierFundación Ramón Areces CIVP19A5938Lundbeck Foundation R396-2022-376Medical Research Council MR/W029235/1Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research MJFF-021112Ministerio de UniversidadesNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchNovo Nordisk Foundation NNF22OC0079455Programa de Recualificación 22345Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation PID2022-140838OB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease is characterized neuropathologically by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral midbrain, the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates in neurons and chronic neuroinflammation. In the past two decades, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo studies have consistently shown the involvement of inflammatory responses mediated by microglia and astrocytes, which may be elicited by pathological α-syn or signals from affected neurons and other cell types, and are directly linked to neurodegeneration and disease development. Apart from the prominent immune alterations seen in the CNS, including the infiltration of T cells into the brain, more recent studies have demonstrated important changes in the peripheral immune profile within both the innate and adaptive compartments, particularly involving monocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. This review aims to integrate the consolidated understanding of immune-related processes underlying the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, focusing on both central and peripheral immune cells, neuron-glia crosstalk as well as the central-peripheral immune interaction during the development of Parkinson's disease. Our analysis seeks to provide a comprehensive view of the emerging knowledge of the mechanisms of immunity in Parkinson's disease and the implications of this for better understanding the overall pathogenesis of this disease.

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Parkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinAnimalsHumansImmune SystemMicrogliaalpha-Synucleinalpha-synucleinB cellsmicrogliamonocytesT cells

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PMID38833182
PMCPMC11449148

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