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ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience2025

Heterogeneity of Astrocyte Reactivity.

Benjamin L L Clayton, Shane A Liddelow

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Review in Annual review of neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Benjamin L L ClaytonInstitute for Glial Sciences, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; email: blc49@case.edu.
Shane A LiddelowInstitute for Translational Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Ophthalmology, and Parekh Center for Interdisciplinary Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; email: Shane.Liddelow@nyulangone.org.

Funding

Translational and Therapeutics CoreP30AG072959 · NIA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI JAGAN AYYAPPAN PILLAI · 2021 to 2026
$23.9M
Neurotoxicity of Reactive Astrocyte-secreted Lipids in Neurodegenerative DiseaseR01EY033353 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Shane Liddelow · 2022 to 2026
$2.5M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033353NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes, the bushy, star-shaped glial cells of the brain and spinal cord, support the proper development and function of many cells in the central nervous system. In response to disease or injury they transform, adopting varied morphologies, molecular signatures, and functions-this state of transformation is known as reactivity. For over a century, the reactivity of astrocytes has been recognized, but it is the recent surge in technological innovation that has shed light on the diverse nature of this reactivity. It is this developing understanding of the heterogeneity of reactive astrocytes across disease-specific contexts and a spatiotemporal gradient that now excites the astrocyte field. In this review, we discuss the current understanding of reactive astrocyte heterogeneity, highlight the biological implications of this heterogeneity, and propose future approaches to aid in fully understanding the heterogeneity of reactive astrocytes.

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AstrocytesBrainSpinal CordAnimalsHumansastrocytebraingliaheterogeneityneurodegenerationreactivity

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PMID40670293
PMCPMC12690491

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