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ArticleNeurobiology of stress2022

Cellular and immunometabolic mechanisms of inflammation in depression: Preliminary findings from single cell RNA sequencing and a tribute to Bruce McEwen.

Mandakh Bekhbat, G Bengü Ulukaya, Manoj K Bhasin, Jennifer C Felger, Andrew H Miller

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Article in Neurobiology of stress, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Glycolytic metabolism: Food for immune cells, fuel for depression?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024
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  13. Dopamine, Immunity, and Disease.Pharmacological reviews · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mandakh BekhbatDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, GA, 30322, Atlanta, USA.
G Bengü UlukayaDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, GA, 30322, Atlanta, USA.
Manoj K BhasinDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, GA, 30322, Atlanta, USA.
Jennifer C FelgerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, GA, 30322, Atlanta, USA.
Andrew H MillerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, GA, 30322, Atlanta, USA.
Emory University · US

Funding

The Role of Inflammation in CNS Mechanisms of Anhedonia and Psychomotor Slowing in Depressed PWH as Determined using a Next Generation TNF AntagonistR01MH128872 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Jennifer C Felger, ANDREW H MILLER · 2021 to 2026
$3.1M
Inflammation Effects on Corticostriatal Connectivity and Reward: Role of DopamineR01MH109637 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FELGER, JENNIFER C · 2016 to 2019
$2.1M
Dopaminergic Therapy for Inflammation-Related Anhedonia in DepressionR61MH121625 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FELGER, JENNIFER C · 2020 to 2020
$1.4M
Effects of Bupropion versus Escitalopram on Reward Circuitry and Motivational Deficits in Patients with Major Depression and Increased Inflammation and AnhedoniaR21MH121891 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FELGER, JENNIFER C, MILLER, ANDREW H · 2020 to 2021
$429k
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is associated with symptoms of anhedonia, a core feature of major depression (MD). We have shown that MD patients with high inflammation as measured by plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) and anhedonia display gene signatures of metabolic reprograming (e.g., shift to glycolysis) necessary to sustain cellular immune activation. To gain preliminary insight into the immune cell subsets and transcriptomic signatures that underlie increased inflammation and its relationship with behavior in MD at the single-cell (sc) level, herein we conducted scRNA-Seq on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a subset of medically-stable, unmedicated MD outpatients. Three MD patients with high CRP (>3 mg/L) before and two weeks after anti-inflammatory challenge with the tumor necrosis factor antagonist infliximab and three patients with low CRP (≤3 mg/L) were studied. Cell clusters were identified using a Single Cell Wizard pipeline, followed by pathway analysis. CD14

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AnhedoniaDepressionImmunometabolismInflammationMonocytesSingle cell RNA-SequencingT cells

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PMID35655933
PMCPMC9152104
OpenAlexW4281396138

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