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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2025

The immunological landscape of traumatic brain injury: insights from pathophysiology to experimental models.

Matthew Abikenari, Joseph H Ha, Justin Liu, Alexander Ren, Kwang Bog Cho, Jaejoon Lim, Lily H Kim, Ravi Medikonda, John Choi, Michael Lim

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Matthew AbikenariDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Joseph H Ha *Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Justin Liu *Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Alexander RenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Kwang Bog ChoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Jaejoon LimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Lily H KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Ravi MedikondaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
John ChoiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Michael LimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex, heterogeneous neuropathological disease that continues to be among the prominent causes of mortality and disability around the world. Translational success in TBI has been significant, yet therapies are limited as the intersection of the initial mechanical traumas and secondary neuroinflammatory cascades, which predispose to long-term neurological deficits, is poorly understood. The pathogenesis of TBI is not limited to the primary mechanical injury. The secondary damage, including ischemia, excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and immune dysfunction, leads to neuronal apoptosis, the breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), and chronic neuroinflammation. The preclinical controlled cortical impact (CCI) and fluid percussion injury (FPI) TBI models have generated valuable biomechanical data related to TBI-induced immune responses, including microglial priming, astrocyte dysregulation, and peripheral leukocyte recruitment. However, experimental models today are unable to completely replicate the intricate immune cascades in human TBI, particularly delayed and context-specific innate and adaptive immune response activation. Cytokine signaling (IL-1β, TNF-

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cerebrovascular immunologycontrolled cortical impact (CCI)fluid percussion injury (FPI)immunopathologytraumatic brain injury (TBI)

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PMID41050281
PMCPMC12488441

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