Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-020-02005-x
Keywords
Neuroinflammation; Cellular infiltration; Traumatic brain injury; Microglial dynamics
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Funding
- Medical Research Council, UK [MR/R005036/1]
- Academy of Medical Sciences and Newton Fund, UK [NF170920]
- NIHR Biomedical Research Campus
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Svenska Sallskapet for Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF)
- Hjarnfonden
- Region Stockholm ALF
- MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship [MR/S006591/1]
- MRC [MR/R005036/1, MR/S006591/1, G0802251] Funding Source: UKRI
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Traumatic brain injury leads to cellular damage which in turn results in the rapid release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that prompt resident cells to release cytokines and chemokines. These in turn rapidly recruit neutrophils, which assist in limiting the spread of injury and removing cellular debris. Microglia continuously survey the CNS (central nervous system) compartment and identify structural abnormalities in neurons contributing to the response. After some days, when neutrophil numbers start to decline, activated microglia and astrocytes assemble at the injury site-segregating injured tissue from healthy tissue and facilitating restorative processes. Monocytes infiltrate the injury site to produce chemokines that recruit astrocytes which successively extend their processes towards monocytes during the recovery phase. In this fashion, monocytes infiltration serves to help repair the injured brain. Neurons and astrocytes also moderate brain inflammation via downregulation of cytotoxic inflammation. Depending on the severity of the brain injury, T and B cells can also be recruited to the brain pathology sites at later time points.
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