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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Vascular Macrophages as Therapeutic Targets to Treat Intracranial Aneurysms.

Sajjad Muhammad, Shafqat Rasul Chaudhry, Gergana Dobreva, Michael T Lawton, Mika Niemelä, Daniel Hänggi

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Molecular Targets for Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  14. Cerebral Aneurysm: Filling the Gap Between Pathophysiology and Nanocarriers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. Peripheral macrophages in the development and progression of structural cerebrovascular pathologies.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Sajjad MuhammadDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Shafqat Rasul ChaudhryShifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Gergana DobrevaDepartment of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Medical Faculty Mannheim and European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Michael T LawtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Barrow Brain and Spine, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Mika NiemeläDepartment of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Daniel HänggiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Barrow Neurological Institute · USHeidelberg University · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEShifa Tameer-e-Millat University · PKUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a highly fatal and morbid type of hemorrhagic strokes. Intracranial aneurysms (ICAs) rupture cause subarachnoid hemorrhage. ICAs formation, growth and rupture involves cellular and molecular inflammation. Macrophages orchestrate inflammation in the wall of ICAs. Macrophages generally polarize either into classical inflammatory (M1) or alternatively-activated anti-inflammatory (M2)-phenotype. Macrophage infiltration and polarization toward M1-phenotype increases the risk of aneurysm rupture. Strategies that deplete, inhibit infiltration, ameliorate macrophage inflammation or polarize to M2-type protect against ICAs rupture. However, clinical translational data is still lacking. This review summarizes the contribution of macrophage led inflammation in the aneurysm wall and discuss pharmacological strategies to modulate the macrophageal response during ICAs formation and rupture.

Indexed as

Aneurysm, RupturedCell PolarityHumansInflammationIntracranial AneurysmMacrophagesMonocytesNF-kappa BNF-kappa Binflammationintracranial aneurysmsmacrophage polarizationmacrophagesmonocytesstrokesubarachnoid hemorrhage

Identifiers

PMID33763073
PMCPMC7982735
OpenAlexW3133984263

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