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SynthesisFrontiers in immunology2025

Research on Parkinson's disease immunotherapy: a bibliometric analysis via multiple databases.

Xinxing Fei, Shiqi Wang, Jiayi Song, Caihong Cao, Yaqian Gao, Yue Hu

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Synthesis in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xinxing Fei *Department of Psychiatry, Chengdu Eighth People's Hospital (Geriatric Hospital of Chengdu Medical College), Chengdu, China.
Shiqi Wang *Rehabilitation Medicine Center and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jiayi SongDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Caihong CaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Yaqian GaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yue HuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder involving degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, abnormal aggregation of α-synuclein, and neuroinflammatory response. Although research on PD immunotherapy is advancing rapidly, bibliometric analysis in this field remains underdeveloped. Methods: Literature related to "Parkinson's disease" and "immunotherapy" from the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus was used for data merging and bibliometric analysis via Bibliometrix. The characteristics of the relevant clinical trials in this field retrieved from the PubMed database were summarized, and the study protocols were traced back through the trials registry website. Results: After merging the two databases, a total of 890 documents from 488 sources were covered. A total of 3,804 researchers from 1,483 institutions in 63 countries published research in this field. Authors, institutions, and countries/regions were classified into 5, 12, and 13 clusters, respectively. Keywords such as "Parkinson's disease", "immunotherapy", and "alpha-synuclein" were frequently used. The maps of keyword co-occurrence and clusters revealed the generation of two clusters. A total of 8 clinical trials were searched and included. These trials focused on active immunotherapy and targeted antibodies, involving both healthy volunteers and patients with PD. Conclusions: The field of PD immunotherapy has vigorous development potential. The current research focus in this field is concentrated on analyzing pathological mechanisms and innovating treatment strategies. Precise immunological intervention techniques are frontiers in this field. In the future, large-scale randomized controlled trials should be conducted to enhance the clinical translation efficiency of immunotherapy.

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BibliometricsImmunotherapyParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinClinical Trials as TopicDatabases, FactualHumansalpha-SynucleinbibliometricsfrontiershotspotsimmunotherapyParkinson’s disease

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PMID41142816
PMCPMC12547164

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