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ArticleCells2023

Blood-Brain Barrier-Associated Proteins Are Elevated in Serum of Epilepsy Patients.

Elżbieta Bronisz, Agnieszka Cudna, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, Iwona Kurkowska-Jastrzębska

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Article in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elżbieta BroniszSecond Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4071-0838
Agnieszka CudnaSecond Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Aleksandra WierzbickaSleep Disorders Center, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Iwona Kurkowska-JastrzębskaSleep Disorders Center, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 02-957 Warsaw, Poland.
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction emerges as one of the mechanisms underlying the induction of seizures and epileptogenesis. There is growing evidence that seizures also affect BBB, yet only scarce data is available regarding serum levels of BBB-associated proteins in chronic epilepsy. In this study, we aimed to assess serum levels of molecules associated with BBB in patients with epilepsy in the interictal period. Serum levels of MMP-9, MMP-2, TIMP-1, TIMP-2, S100B, CCL-2, ICAM-1, P-selectin, and TSP-2 were examined in a group of 100 patients who were seizure-free for a minimum of seven days and analyzed by ELISA. The results were compared with an age- and sex-matched control group. Serum levels of MMP-9, MMP-2, TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and S100B were higher in patients with epilepsy in comparison to control group (

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EpilepsyTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1Blood-Brain BarrierHumansIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Matrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9P-SelectinSeizuresTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Matrix Metalloproteinase 2Matrix Metalloproteinase 9P-SelectinTissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2blood–brain barrierECMepilepsyinflammationMMP-2MMP-9S100BseizureTIMP-1TIMP-2

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PMID36766708
PMCPMC9913812
OpenAlexW4317517519

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