Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41407858›Full record

ArticleNature2026

Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair.

Sarah McCallum, Keshav B Suresh, Timothy S Islam, Manish K Tripathi, Ann W Saustad, Oksana Shelest, Aditya Patil, David Lee, Brandon Kwon, Katherine Leitholf and 13 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Astrocyte-driven multicellular mechanisms of CNS repair and cerebroprotection.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  9. Microglial lipid metabolism and epigenetic regulation: Emerging targets for spinal cord injury therapy.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  10. Regional Molecular Diversity in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Sarah McCallum *Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2156-3219
Keshav B Suresh *Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Timothy S IslamDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7903-9448
Manish K TripathiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ann W SaustadDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-0271-8946
Oksana ShelestBoard of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Aditya PatilDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
David LeeDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Brandon KwonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Katherine LeitholfDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Inga YenokianDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sophia E ShakaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4441-9773
Connor H BeveridgeDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Palak ManchandraDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Caitlin E RandolphDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Gordon P MearesDepartment of Neurology, The Neuroscience Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ranjan DuttaDepartment of Neuroscience, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8502-4455
Jasmine PlummerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7263-350X
Vinicius F CalsavaraDepartment of Computational Biomedicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2332-5863
Riki KawaguchiProgram in Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2489-4825
Simon R V KnottDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4018-7653
Gaurav ChopraDepartment of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0942-7898
Joshua E BurdaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. joshua.burda@csmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-348X

Funding

Transgenic Mouse Core Facility Shared Resource (TMCF-SR)P30CA023168 · NCI · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI John Tesmer · 1985 to 2026
$43.4M
Pathogenesis of Neurological Disability in Primary Diseases of MyelinR35NS097303 · NINDS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI TRAPP, BRUCE D · 2017 to 2024
$6.9M
PERK Dependent Mechanisms of NeuroinflammationR01NS099304 · NINDS · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI Gordon P. Meares · 2017 to 2026
$4.1M
Interrogating a white matter degeneration-specific astrocyte reactivity state and its role in governing repair-associated microglia specification and function.R01NS128094 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI Joshua Evan Burda · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Understanding role of circadian disruption in pathogenesis of MSR01NS123532 · NINDS · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Ranjan Dutta, sujata Rao · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Development of a high throughput system for molecular imaging of different cell types in mouse brain tissuesRF1MH128866 · NIMH · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI CHOPRA, GAURAV, LASKIN, JULIA · 2021 to 2021
$1.5M
Chemical instruments-aware distributed blockchain based open AI platform to accelerate drug discoveryU18TR004146 · NCATS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI CHOPRA, GAURAV, JAYACHANDRAN, GUHA · 2022 to 2023
$1.1M
Astrocyte Regulation of Neural Plasticity After CNS InjuryR00NS105915 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI BURDA, JOSHUA EVAN · 2019 to 2021
$739k
Establishing reactive astrocyte memory as a risk factor for aging-related neurodegenerative diseaseK99AG084864 · NIA · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI MCCALLUM, SARAH · 2024 to 2025
$216k
Astrocyte regulation of neural plasticity after CNS injuryK99NS105915 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BURDA, JOSHUA EVAN · 2018 to 2019
$186k
Interrogating the Potential of Ccn1+ Astrocyte Niches to Drive Angiogenesis after Spinal Cord InjuryF31NS129372 · NINDS · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI SURESH, KESHAV BALAJI · 2023 to 2024
$83k
NCATS NIH HHS U18 TR004146NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023168NIA NIH HHS K99 AG084864NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH128866NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS129372NINDS NIH HHS K99 NS105915NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS105915NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099304NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS123532NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS128094NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spared regions of the damaged central nervous system undergo dynamic remodelling and exhibit a remarkable potential for therapeutic exploitation

Indexed as

AstrocytesMicrogliaSpinal Cord InjuriesWhite MatterAnimalsAxonsCysteine-Rich Protein 61FemaleHumansLipid DropletsLipid MetabolismMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyelin SheathCCN1 protein, mouseCysteine-Rich Protein 61

Identifiers

PMID41407858
PMCPMC12823418

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