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ArticleJournal of neuroinflammation2023

Longitudinal positron emission tomography and postmortem analysis reveals widespread neuroinflammation in SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques.

Juliana M Nieuwland, Erik Nutma, Ingrid H C H M Philippens, Kinga P Böszörményi, Edmond J Remarque, Jaco Bakker, Lisette Meijer, Noor Woerdman, Zahra C Fagrouch, Babs E Verstrepen and 7 more

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Article in Journal of neuroinflammation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Juliana M NieuwlandDepartment of Neurobiology and Aging, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Lange Kleiweg 161, 2288GJ, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Erik NutmaDepartment of Neurobiology and Aging, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Lange Kleiweg 161, 2288GJ, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Ingrid H C H M PhilippensDepartment of Neurobiology and Aging, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Lange Kleiweg 161, 2288GJ, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Kinga P BöszörményiDepartment of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Edmond J RemarqueDepartment of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Jaco BakkerDepartment of Radiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Lisette MeijerDepartment of Radiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Noor WoerdmanDepartment of Radiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Zahra C FagrouchDepartment of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Babs E VerstrepenDepartment of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Jan A M LangermansDepartment of Animal Sciences, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Ernst J VerschoorDepartment of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Albert D WindhorstDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tracer Center Amsterdam (TCA), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ronald E BontropDepartment of Comparative Genetics and Refinement, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Helga E de VriesDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marieke A Stammes *Department of Radiology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Jinte Middeldorp *Department of Neurobiology and Aging, Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Lange Kleiweg 161, 2288GJ, Rijswijk, The Netherlands. middeldorp@bprc.nl.
Biomedical Primate Research Centre · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLUtrecht University · NLVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients initially develop respiratory symptoms, but they may also suffer from neurological symptoms. People with long-lasting effects after acute infections with severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), i.e., post-COVID syndrome or long COVID, may experience a variety of neurological manifestations. Although we do not fully understand how SARS-CoV-2 affects the brain, neuroinflammation likely plays a role.

methodsTo investigate neuroinflammatory processes longitudinally after SARS-CoV-2 infection, four experimentally SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques were monitored for 7 weeks with 18-kDa translocator protein (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) using [

resultsTSPO PET revealed an increased tracer uptake throughout the brain of all infected animals already from the first scan obtained post-infection (day 2), which increased to approximately twofold until day 30 pi. Postmortem immunohistochemical analysis of the hippocampus and pons showed TSPO expression in cells expressing ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 (IBA1), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and collagen IV. In the hippocampus of SARS-CoV-2 infected animals the TSPO

conclusionsThis study manifests [

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AnimalsCollagen Type IVEndothelial CellsHumansInflammationMacaca mulattaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesPositron-Emission TomographyPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeReceptors, GABACollagen Type IVReceptors, GABATSPO protein, humanCOVID-19MacaquesNeuroinflammationNon-human primatesPET–CTSARS-CoV-2TSPO

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PMID37516868
PMCPMC10387202
OpenAlexW4385379617

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