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ArticleNature2025

Macrophages protect against sensory axon loss in peripheral neuropathy.

Sara Hakim, Aakanksha Jain, Stuart S Adamson, Veselina Petrova, Jonathan Indajang, Hyoung Woo Kim, Riki Kawaguchi, Qing Wang, Elif S Duran, Drew Nelson and 3 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Sara HakimDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0091-1221
Aakanksha JainF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9602-4987
Stuart S AdamsonDepartment of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Veselina PetrovaF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5593-0198
Jonathan IndajangF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Hyoung Woo KimF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5487-0146
Riki KawaguchiDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Qing WangCenter for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elif S DuranF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9530-4526
Drew NelsonF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Caitlin A GreeneF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Jenae RasmussenF.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Clifford J WoolfDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Clifford.Woolf@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6636-3897

Funding

Unravelling Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Targets for Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain (Diversity Supplement)R35NS105076 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WOOLF, CLIFFORD J · 2018 to 2025
$9.5M
The Role of Sciatic Nerve Inflammation in Diabetic NeuropathyF31NS127357 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI HAKIM, SARA · 2022 to 2023
$76k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS127357NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS105076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of type 2 diabetes, which is strongly associated with obesity

Indexed as

AxonsMacrophagesPeripheral Nervous System DiseasesSensory Receptor CellsAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic NeuropathiesDiet, High-FatFemaleFructoseGalectin 3MaleMiceObesityPrediabetic StateReceptors, CCR2Ccr2 protein, mouseFructoseGalectin 3Receptors, CCR2

Identifiers

PMID39939762
PMCPMC11964918

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