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ArticleBiomolecules2023

CXCL10 Is Associated with Increased Cerebrospinal Fluid Immune Cell Infiltration and Disease Duration in Multiple Sclerosis.

Stephanie N Blandford, Neva J Fudge, Craig S Moore

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Article in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie N BlandfordFaculty of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.
Neva J FudgeFaculty of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.
Craig S MooreFaculty of Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3V6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3333-435X
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT155933
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is an important sampling site for putative biomarkers and contains immune cells. CXCL10 is a multiple sclerosis (MS)-relevant chemokine that is present in the injured central nervous system and recruits CXCR3+ immune cells toward injured tissues.

objectivePerform a comprehensive evaluation to determine a potential relationship between CXCL10 and various immune cell subsets in the CNS of MS and control cases.

methodsIn MS and control cases, CXCL10 was measured in the CSF and plasma by ELISA. Immune cells within both the CSF and peripheral blood were quantified by flow cytometry.

resultsCompared to non-inflammatory neurological disease (NIND) cases, MS cases had significantly higher CXCL10 in CSF (

conclusionsElevated levels of CXCL10 in the CSF of MS cases are associated with increased T cells but appear to be independent of peripheral CXCR3 expression. These results support the importance of elevated CXCL10 in MS and suggest the presence of an alternative mechanism of CXCL10 outside of solely influencing immune cell trafficking.

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Multiple SclerosisCell CountCentral Nervous SystemChemokine CXCL10Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFlow CytometryHumansChemokine CXCL10CXCL10 protein, humancerebrospinal fluid biomarkerCXCL10immune cell profilingimmune cell traffickingmultiple sclerosis

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PMID37627269
PMCPMC10452246
OpenAlexW4385463113

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