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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Bidirectional crosstalk between microglia and serotonin signaling in neuroinflammation and CNS disorders.

Yangchen Zheng, Limin Xu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 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

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yangchen ZhengSchool of Gongli Hospital Medical Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Limin XuSchool of Gongli Hospital Medical Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammatory processes are increasingly recognized as central to the pathophysiology of diverse central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Microglia, the resident immune effector cells of the CNS, are key regulators of neuroimmune responses and engage in bidirectional communication with the serotonergic system. Activation of microglia toward a pro-inflammatory phenotype can disrupt serotonergic neurotransmission by altering the expression and function of the serotonin transporter (SERT) and modulating downstream 5-HT receptor signaling pathways. Conversely, serotonergic neurotransmission-mediated through receptor subtypes such as 5-HT

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesMicrogliaNeuroinflammatory DiseasesSerotoninSignal TransductionAnimalsHumansReceptors, SerotoninReceptors, SerotoninSerotoninmicroglial activation statesneuroinflammationneuropsychiatric disordersserotonin (5-HT)serotonin transporter (SERT)

Identifiers

PMID40934003
PMCPMC12417188

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