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ReviewAnnual review of pharmacology and toxicology2026

Neuroinflammation and Disease: Pathways and Opportunities.

Olivia Hoffman, Nicholas H Varvel, Avtar S Roopra, Ray Dingledine

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Review in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. BAG2 Condensates Couple Proteostasis to CD8bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  5. Astrocyte Reactivity by Alcohol Dependence in the Central Amygdala.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Olivia HoffmanDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Nicholas H VarvelDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; email: rdingle@emory.edu.
Avtar S RoopraDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Ray DingledineDepartment of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; email: rdingle@emory.edu.

Funding

Exploiting EP2 receptor biology to target seizure-related neuroinflammation selectivelyR01NS112308 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI VARVEL, NICHOLAS · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Brain-invading monocytes promote the deleterious consequences of status epilepticusR01NS112350 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI VARVEL, NICHOLAS · 2020 to 2025
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112308NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We explore three emerging molecular pathways driving neuroinflammation in chronic and acute brain diseases: the EP2 receptor for prostaglandin E2, the CCR2 receptor for chemokine CCL2, and JAK/STAT signaling. Inflammation is now recognized as a causative factor in neurodegenerative disorders, with neuroinflammation preceding symptom onset in Alzheimer's disease and likely heralding the onset of epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. The EP2 receptor modulates immune cell activation and exacerbates inflammatory responses, while CCR2 regulates peripheral immune cell recruitment to sites of brain inflammation. JAK/STAT pathways regulate neuronal and glial function across brain regions and can both amplify and resolve neuroinflammatory processes. These three signaling pathways converge at multiple nodes-immune cell recruitment, cytokine amplification, and transcriptional regulation-establishing feedforward loops that sustain pathology in chronic diseases. Understanding these mechanisms and their complex interactions provides opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions in neurological conditions characterized by inflammation, potentially leading to disease-modifying treatments.

Indexed as

InflammationNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAnimalsBrainChemokine CCL2HumansReceptors, CCR2Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 SubtypeSignal TransductionChemokine CCL2Receptors, CCR2Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 SubtypeAlzheimer's diseaseCCL2CCR2EP2epilepsyJAKneuroinflammationprostaglandin E2STAT

Identifiers

PMID40967235
PMCPMC13036645

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