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ArticleDegenerative neurological and neuromuscular disease2021

RANTES/CCL5 Signaling from Jawbone Cavitations to Epistemology of Multiple Sclerosis - Research and Case Studies.

Johann Lechner, Volker von Baehr, Fabian Schick

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Article in Degenerative neurological and neuromuscular disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johann LechnerClinic for Integrative Dentistry, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9800-0276
Volker von BaehrInstitute for Medical Diagnostics, Berlin, Germany.
Fabian SchickClinic for Integrative Dentistry, Munich, Germany.
CS Diagnostics · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe role played by signaling pathways in the cell-cell communication associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) progression has become a critical area in research. Chemokine RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted), also named chemokine C-C motif ligand 5 (CCL5; R/C), is a protein that has been investigated in neuroinflammatory research due to its link to MS development.

objectiveResearch on bone marrow defects in the jawbone (BMDJ), which morphologically presents as fatty-degenerative osteonecrosis of the jawbone (FDOJ), presents overexpression of R/C signaling in affected areas. Here, we try to elucidate the potential link between jawbone-derived R/C and MS.

methodsSeventeen BMDJ/FDOJ samples extracted from 17 MS patients, as well as samples from 19 healthy controls, were analyzed for R/C expression using bead-based Luminex

resultsHigh R/C overexpression was found in all BMDJ/FDOJ samples obtained from the MS group. Serum R/C levels were also upregulated in the MS group. R/C serum levels in the MS cohort were higher than in the healthy controls. In contrast, the histology of BMDJ/FDOJ samples showed no inflammatory cells. DISCUSSION: R/C-induced "silent inflammation" in MS is widely discussed in the scientific literature, along with R/C triggering of inflammation in the central nervous system, which might be key in the development of MS.

conclusionThe authors suspect that BMDJ/FDOJ may serve as a trigger of MS progression via R/C overexpression. As such, the dental and medical communities should be made aware of BMDJ/FDOJ in cases of MS.

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bone marrow defects in the jawbonechemokine RANTES/CCL5hyperactivated signaling pathwaysmultiple sclerosisosteonecrosis of the jawbone

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