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ReviewMedComm2025

Advances in moyamoya disease: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions.

Shihao He, Zhenyu Zhou, Michelle Y Cheng, Xiaokuan Hao, Terrance Chiang, Yanru Wang, Junze Zhang, Xilong Wang, Xun Ye, Rong Wang and 2 more

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Review in MedComm, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

12 authors.

Shihao HeDepartment of Neurosurgery Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2522-8656
Zhenyu ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Michelle Y ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA.
Xiaokuan HaoDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Terrance ChiangDepartment of Neurosurgery Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA.
Yanru WangDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Junze ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Xilong WangDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Xun YeDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Rong WangDepartment of Neurosurgery Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Gary K SteinbergDepartment of Neurosurgery Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford California USA.
Yuanli ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a type of cerebrovascular disease characterized by occlusion of the distal end of the internal carotid artery and the formation of collateral blood vessels. Over the past 20 years, the landscape of research on MMD has significantly transformed. In this review, we provide insights into the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions in MMD. The development of high-throughput sequencing technology has expanded our understanding of genetic susceptibility, identifying MMD-related genes beyond RNF213, such as ACTA2, DIAPH1, HLA, and others. The genetic susceptibility of MMD to its pathological mechanism was summarized and discussed. Based on the second-hit theory, the influences of inflammation, immunity, and environmental factors on MMD were also appropriately summarized. Despite these advancements, revascularization surgery remains the primary treatment for MMD largely because of the lack of effective in vivo and in vitro models. In this study, 16 imaging diagnostic methods for MMD were summarized. Regarding therapeutic intervention, the influences of drugs, endovascular procedures, and revascularization surgeries on patients with MMD were discussed. Future research on the central MMD vascular abnormalities and peripheral circulating factors will provide a more comprehensive understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of MMD.

Indexed as

genetic susceptibilityimmunitymoyamoya diseasepathogenesispathological angiogenesis

Identifiers

PMID39822761
PMCPMC11733107

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