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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

From Acute Injury to Chronic Neurodegeneration: Molecular Mechanisms Linking Secondary Brain Injury to Long-Term Pathology.

Julia K Kaniuk, Divy Kumar, Christopher Mazurek, Sepehr Khavari, Christopher Sollenberger, Arun Ahuja, James M Mossner, Christopher S Ahuja

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Julia K KaniukFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-8326-502X
Divy KumarFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8434-7224
Christopher MazurekFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6526-7641
Sepehr KhavariFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6161-1569
Christopher SollenbergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9091-5818
Arun AhujaFeinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E Huron Street, Suite 1-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-8242-6020
James M MossnerDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, 676 N St Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Christopher S AhujaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, 676 N St Clair Street, Suite 2210, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9910-148X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) initiates a complex cascade of pathophysiological events that have far-reaching consequences beyond the initial injury. This review examines the current state of the literature on the mechanisms underlying neurotrauma and neuroinflammation, with particular emphasis on the molecular cross-talk between these disparate pathways that ultimately precipitates the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). We integrate this mechanistic knowledge with potential diagnostic biomarkers, such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), neurofilament light chain (NfL), and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), and advances in neuroimaging and machine learning-based predictive tools. Finally, we discuss the current therapeutic approaches under investigation, and highlight which molecular targets have yet to be explored for potential therapeutic development.

Indexed as

Brain Injuries, TraumaticChronic Traumatic EncephalopathyNeurodegenerative DiseasesAnimalsBiomarkersGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHumansNeurofilament ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseBiomarkersGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinNeurofilament ProteinsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseAlzheimer’s Disease (AD)cellular and molecular mechanismschronic traumatic encephalopathycognitive declinemitochondrial dysfunctionneurodegenerative diseaseneuroinflammationneurotraumaoxidative stresstraumatic brain injury (TBI)

Identifiers

PMID40806328
PMCPMC12346451

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