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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2024

Updated insights into the NLRP3 inflammasome in postoperative cognitive dysfunction: emerging mechanisms and treatments.

Tian Wang, Guangwei Sun, Bingdong Tao

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Sorting nexin 10 knockdown: new strategies for alleviating sepsis-associated acute lung injury.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026
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  7. Neutrophils: a new target for postoperative cognitive dysfunction.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2025
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  8. Macrophage pyroptosis in atherosclerosis: therapeutic potential.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Tian WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Guangwei SunDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Bingdong TaoDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) poses a significant threat to patients undergoing anesthesia and surgery, particularly elderly patients. It is characterized by diminished cognitive functions post surgery, such as impaired memory and decreased concentration. The potential risk factors for POCD include age, surgical trauma, anesthetic type, and overall health condition; however, the precise mechanisms underlying POCD remain elusive. Recent studies suggest that neuroinflammation might be a primary pathogenic factor. NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasomes are implicated in exacerbating POCD by promoting the release of inflammatory factors and proteins that initiate pyroptosis, further influencing the disease process. The regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome activity, including its activation and degradation, is tightly controlled through multiple pathways and mechanisms. In addition, autophagy, a protective mechanism, regulates the NLRP3 inflammasome to control the progression of POCD. This review reviews recent findings on the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in POCD pathogenesis and discusses therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing NLRP3 sources, inhibiting cellular pyroptosis, and enhancing autophagy.

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autophagyautophagy POCDinflammasomesneuroinflammationNLRP3POCDpyroptosis

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PMID39411285
PMCPMC11474915

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