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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

IL-1β and HMGB1 in Epileptogenesis: Recent Advances and Clinical Translation.

Huali Geng, Leihao Sha, Lei Chen

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Immune dysregulation and epileptogenesis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  7. IntestinalFrontiers in neuroscience · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Huali GengDepartment of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Leihao ShaDepartment of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Lei ChenDepartment of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5263-5540

Funding

Sichuan Science and Technology Program 2023YFS0047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent and disabling neurological disorders, affecting approximately one percent of the population. Due to the complex pathophysiology underlying drug-resistant epilepsy, nearly one-third of patients with epilepsy do not benefit from current treatments. Neuroinflammation is one of the most well-studied pathways in epileptogenesis, and inflammatory mediators play a crucial role in this process. The IL-1β/IL-1R1/IL-1Ra and HMGB1/TLR4 pathways play significant roles in epileptogenesis in both animal and human studies. Interventional investigations on the IL-1β/IL-1R1/IL-1Ra and HMGB1/TLR4 pathways showed antiseizure effects, suggesting that these pathways could be therapeutic targets for epilepsy. However, related targeted treatments are limited in clinical practice. In this work, we evaluated the advances of the IL-1β/IL-1R1/IL-1Ra and HMGB1/TLR4 pathways in epileptogenesis, as well as clinical trials or interventional investigations of current medications or substances targeting these pathways. To facilitate clinical translation, we highlighted the gap between research advancements and clinical practice and presented several strategies for closing the gap to fulfill the urgent requirements of patients with epilepsy.

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clinical translationepilepsyHMGB1IL-1RIL-1βtherapeutic targetsTLR4

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PMID41155637
PMCPMC12566638

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