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ArticleJournal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology2020

Cytokine biomarkers associated with clinical cases of acute flaccid myelitis.

William C Weldon, Kun Zhao, Heather A Jost, Kimbell Hetzler, Jessica Ciomperlik-Patton, Jennifer L Konopka-Anstadt, M Steven Oberste

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Article in Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 · The record

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

William C WeldonDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States. Electronic address: wiw4@cdc.gov.
Kun ZhaoDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States.
Heather A JostDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States.
Kimbell HetzlerCherokee Nation Assurance Contracted to Division of Viral Diseases, Atlanta GA 30329, United States.
Jessica Ciomperlik-PattonDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States.
Jennifer L Konopka-AnstadtDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States.
M Steven ObersteDivision of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, 30329, United States.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USCherokee Nation · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a serious neurological illness first recognized in the United States in 2014, with subsequent outbreaks every two years. Following extensive etiologic testing by multiple laboratories of hundreds of specimens collected from patients diagnosed with AFM, no consistent cause of AFM has been identified. However, viruses, including enteroviruses, have been implicated through detection in non-sterile site specimens and antibody studies. Cytokines and chemokines play important roles in the modulation of the innate and adaptive immune response to pathogens. In the current study, we measured levels of cytokines and chemokines in serum and CSF collected from confirmed AFM patients and non-AFM control patients, to identify unique biomarkers as potential hallmarks of AFM pathogenesis. Analysis of ratios of cytokines and chemokines in the CSF compared to the serum indicate that the pro-inflammatory cytokines/chemokines IP-10 and IL-6 were significantly elevated in AFM patients compared to non-AFM patients. These results may provide additional insight into potential etiologies, pathogenic mechanisms, and treatments for AFM.

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BiomarkersCentral Nervous System Viral DiseasesChildCytokinesEnterovirusEnterovirus InfectionsHumansMyelitisNeuromuscular DiseasesPicornaviridae InfectionsRhinovirusUnited StatesBiomarkersCytokinesAcute flaccid myelitisChemokinesCytokines

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PMCPMC9189760
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