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ReviewJournal of Huntington's disease2025

Neuroinflammation in Huntington's disease: Causes, consequences, and treatment strategies.

Alina Blusch, Maria Björkqvist

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Review in Journal of Huntington's disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Silmitasertib, an FDA-designated orphan CK2 inhibitor, ameliorates neuropathology and motor dysfunction in a Huntington's disease mouse model.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alina BluschWallenberg Neuroscience Center, Brain Disease Biomarker Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4813-8183
Maria BjörkqvistWallenberg Neuroscience Center, Brain Disease Biomarker Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8550-0431

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, and increasing evidence suggests that inflammation, both central and peripheral, plays a role in disease progression. Neurohistology and neuroimaging studies illustrate neuroinflammatory processes as part of HD pathophysiology. Furthermore, studies of blood and cerebrospinal fluid from HD patients show altered levels of inflammatory markers and immune cell populations that could influence neuroinflammation and the neurodegenerative process. Here, we review findings contributing to our understanding of the significance of immune activation in HD pathology. We discuss evidence of intrinsic effects of mutant huntingtin within immune cells and central immune alterations that contribute to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. We address the roles of central immune cells, as well as the potential contributions of peripheral signals and cell types in HD immune activation. We further discuss opportunities and challenges in utilizing immune-modulation strategies for future treatment approaches. A better understanding of neuroimmune interactions in HD can provide insights for manipulating these responses, potentially facilitating the development of therapies aimed at reducing the impact of neuroinflammatory and degenerative processes.

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Huntington DiseaseNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsHumansHuntington's diseaseimmune cellsimmune systeminflammationneuroinflammationtreatment strategies

Identifiers

PMID40772423
PMCPMC12332225

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