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ReviewBiomedicines2021

The Role of Microglia in the Development of Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Jae-Won Lee, Wanjoo Chun, Hee Jae Lee, Seong-Man Kim, Jae-Hong Min, Doo-Young Kim, Mun-Ock Kim, Hyung Won Ryu, Su Ui Lee

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Review in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Transcriptomic Signatures of Microglial Phagocytosis Reveal Diagnostic Markers and Immune Landscape in Alzheimer's Disease.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  9. Related Mechanism of Limonene Improves LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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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

9 authors.

Jae-Won LeeNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Wanjoo ChunDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
Hee Jae LeeDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
Seong-Man KimNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Jae-Hong MinNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Doo-Young KimNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Mun-Ock KimNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.
Hyung Won RyuNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5291-3942
Su Ui LeeNatural Medicine Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Cheongju 28116, Korea.

Funding

The Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research Initiative Program The Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Research Initiative Program (KGS1402113)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia play an important role in the maintenance and neuroprotection of the central nervous system (CNS) by removing pathogens, damaged neurons, and plaques. Recent observations emphasize that the promotion and development of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are closely related to microglial activation. In this review, we summarize the contribution of microglial activation and its associated mechanisms in NDs, such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Huntington's disease (HD), based on recent observations. This review also briefly introduces experimental animal models of epilepsy, AD, PD, and HD. Thus, this review provides a better understanding of microglial functions in the development of NDs, suggesting that microglial targeting could be an effective therapeutic strategy for these diseases.

Indexed as

inflammatory moleculesmicroglial activationneurodegenerative diseasesneuronal damage

Identifiers

PMID34680566
PMCPMC8533549

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