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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2024

Systemic inflammation following traumatic injury and its impact on neuroinflammatory gene expression in the rodent brain.

Cassie J Rowe, Uloma Nwaolu, Laura Martin, Benjamin J Huang, Josef Mang, Daniela Salinas, Cody D Schlaff, Sennay Ghenbot, Jefferson L Lansford, Benjamin K Potter and 3 more

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Loss of C3 and CD14 reduces region-specific neuroinflammation in a murine polytrauma model.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Cassie J RoweCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA. cassie.rowe.ctr@usuhs.edu.
Uloma NwaoluCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Laura MartinCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Benjamin J HuangCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Josef MangCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Daniela SalinasCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Cody D SchlaffCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Sennay GhenbotCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Jefferson L LansfordCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Benjamin K PotterCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Seth A SchobelSurgical Critical Care Initiative (SC2i), Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Eric R GannHenry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Thomas A DavisCell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Building A Room 3009E, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.

Funding

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Intramural Discovery Research Awards
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTrauma can result in systemic inflammation that leads to organ dysfunction, but the impact on the brain, particularly following extracranial insults, has been largely overlooked.

methodsBuilding upon our prior findings, we aimed to understand the impact of systemic inflammation on neuroinflammatory gene transcripts in eight brain regions in rats exposed to (1) blast overpressure exposure [BOP], (2) cutaneous thermal injury [BU], (3) complex extremity injury, 3 hours (h) of tourniquet-induced ischemia, and hind limb amputation [CEI+tI+HLA], (4) BOP+BU or (5) BOP+CEI and delayed HLA [BOP+CEI+dHLA] at 6, 24, and 168 h post-injury (hpi).

resultsGlobally, the number and magnitude of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) correlated with injury severity, systemic inflammation markers, and end-organ damage, driven by several chemokines/cytokines (Csf3, Cxcr2, Il16, and Tgfb2), neurosteroids/prostaglandins (Cyp19a1, Ptger2, and Ptger3), and markers of neurodegeneration (Gfap, Grin2b, and Homer1). Regional neuroinflammatory activity was least impacted following BOP. Non-blast trauma (in the BU and CEI+tI+HLA groups) contributed to an earlier, robust and diverse neuroinflammatory response across brain regions (up to 2-50-fold greater than that in the BOP group), while combined trauma (in the BOP+CEI+dHLA group) significantly advanced neuroinflammation in all regions except for the cerebellum. In contrast, BOP+BU resulted in differential activity of several critical neuroinflammatory-neurodegenerative markers compared to BU. t-SNE plots of DEGs demonstrated that the onset, extent, and duration of the inflammatory response are brain region dependent. Regardless of injury type, the thalamus and hypothalamus, which are critical for maintaining homeostasis, had the most DEGs. Our results indicate that neuroinflammation in all groups progressively increased or remained at peak levels over the study duration, while markers of end-organ dysfunction decreased or otherwise resolved.

conclusionsCollectively, these findings emphasize the brain's sensitivity to mediators of systemic inflammation and provide an example of immune-brain crosstalk. Follow-on molecular and behavioral investigations are warranted to understand the short- to long-term pathophysiological consequences on the brain, particularly the mechanism of blood-brain barrier breakdown, immune cell penetration-activation, and microglial activation.

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BrainInflammationNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyBlastDifferential gene expressionNeuroinflammationPolysystem injurySecondary brain injury

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PMID39198925
PMCPMC11360339

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