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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2018

Microglia and CNS Interleukin-1: Beyond Immunological Concepts.

Xiaoyu Liu, Ning Quan

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
125citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

125 citing papers in PubMed, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoyu LiuCollege of Medicine, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Ning QuanCollege of Medicine, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States.
Institute for Behavioral Medicine · US

Funding

Anxiety, IL-1R1 and neuroinflammationR01MH109165 · NIMH · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI QUAN, NING · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of microglia and expression of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) in the CNS have become almost synonymous with neuroinflammation. In numerous studies, increased CNS IL-1 expression and altered microglial morphology have been used as hallmarks of CNS inflammation. A central concept of how CNS IL-1 and microglia influence functions of the nervous system was derived from the notion initially generated in the peripheral immune system: IL-1 stimulates monocyte/macrophage (the peripheral counterparts of microglia) to amplify inflammation. It is increasingly clear, however, CNS IL-1 acts on other targets in the CNS and microglia participates in many neural functions that are not related to immunological activities. Further, CNS exhibits immunological privilege (although not as absolute as previously thought), rendering amplification of inflammation within CNS under stringent control. This review will analyze current literature to evaluate the contribution of immunological and non-immunological aspects of microglia/IL-1 interaction in the CNS to gain insights for how these aspects might affect health and disease in the nervous tissue.

Indexed as

braincytokineIL-1R1neuroinflammationneuromodulation

Identifiers

PMID29410649
PMCPMC5787061
OpenAlexW2793003989

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