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ReviewJournal of neuroinflammation2022

The role of the ZEB1-neuroinflammation axis in CNS disorders.

Elham Poonaki, Ulf Dietrich Kahlert, Sven G Meuth, Ali Gorji

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Review in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elham PoonakiDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ulf Dietrich KahlertMolecular and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Clinic for General-, Visceral-, Vascular- and Transplantation Surgery, Otto-Von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.
Sven G MeuthDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ali GorjiEpilepsy Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Domagkstr. 11, 48149, Münster, Germany. gorjial@uni-muenster.de.
University of Münster · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEOtto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) is a master modulator of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process whereby epithelial cells undergo a series of molecular changes and express certain characteristics of mesenchymal cells. ZEB1, in association with other EMT transcription factors, promotes neuroinflammation through changes in the production of inflammatory mediators, the morphology and function of immune cells, and multiple signaling pathways that mediate the inflammatory response. The ZEB1-neuroinflammation axis plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of different CNS disorders, such as brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, cerebrovascular diseases, and neuropathic pain, by promoting tumor cell proliferation and invasiveness, formation of the hostile inflammatory micromilieu surrounding neuronal tissues, dysfunction of microglia and astrocytes, impairment of angiogenesis, and dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier. Future studies are needed to elucidate whether the ZEB1-neuroinflammation axis could serve as a diagnostic, prognostic, and/or therapeutic target for CNS disorders.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansTranscription FactorsZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1Transcription FactorsZEB1 protein, humanZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1GlioblastomaMetastasisMicrogliaMicroRNANeural stem cells

Identifiers

PMID36402997
PMCPMC9675144
OpenAlexW4309561526

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