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ArticleNature2025

Microglia-neuron crosstalk through Hex-GM2-MGL2 maintains brain homeostasis.

Maximilian Frosch, Takashi Shimizu, Emile Wogram, Lukas Amann, Lars Gruber, Ayelén I Groisman, Maximilian Fliegauf, Marius Schwabenland, Chintan Chhatbar, Sabrina Zechel and 12 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

22 authors.

Maximilian FroschInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5418-0962
Takashi ShimizuInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Emile WogramInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Lukas AmannInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8363-373X
Lars GruberCenter for Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-9955-1550
Ayelén I GroismanInstitute for Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2309-7055
Maximilian FliegaufInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Marius SchwabenlandInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2205-5427
Chintan ChhatbarInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Sabrina ZechelDepartment of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Hendrik RosewichDepartment of Child Neurology, Developmental Neurology, General Pediatrics, Diabetology, Endocrinology, Social Pediatrics, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4692-5511
Jutta GärtnerDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
Francisco J QuintanaAnn Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8156-0736
Joerg M BuescherMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6547-0076
Thomas BlankInstitute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-405X
Harald BinderInstitute of Medical Biometry and Statistics (IMBI), Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Christine StadelmannDepartment of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1766-5458
Johannes J LetzkusInstitute for Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Carsten HopfCenter for Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS), Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0802-6451
Takahiro Masuda *Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3687-452X
Klaus-Peter Knobeloch *Institute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-1944
Marco Prinz *Institute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. marco.prinz@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0349-1955

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system parenchyma, microglia perform diverse essential functions during homeostasis and perturbations

Indexed as

beta-N-AcetylhexosaminidasesBrainG(M2) GangliosideLectins, C-TypeMicrogliaNeuronsAnimalsCell CommunicationFemaleHomeostasisHumansLipidomicsMaleMiceSandhoff DiseaseSingle-Cell Analysisbeta-N-AcetylhexosaminidasesG(M2) GangliosideLectins, C-Type

Identifiers

PMID40769205
PMCPMC12545202

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