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ArticleMed (New York, N.Y.)2024

Twin study dissects CXCR3

Florian Ingelfinger, Kirsten L Kuiper, Can Ulutekin, Lukas Rindlisbacher, Sarah Mundt, Lisa Ann Gerdes, Joost Smolders, Marvin M van Luijn, Burkhard Becher

Open access · hybridAbstract readTwin Study
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Article in Med (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Perturbances in Both Circulating B and CD4European journal of immunology · 2025
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  7. Multiple sclerosis: 2024 update.Free neuropathology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Florian IngelfingerInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kirsten L KuiperDepartment of Immunology, MS Center ErasMS, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Can UlutekinInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lukas RindlisbacherInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sarah MundtInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Lisa Ann GerdesInstitute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Martinsried, Germany; Munich Cluster of Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.
Joost SmoldersDepartment of Immunology, MS Center ErasMS, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, MS Center ErasMS, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Neuroimmunology Research Group, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marvin M van LuijnDepartment of Immunology, MS Center ErasMS, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Burkhard BecherInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: becher@immunology.uzh.ch.
University of Zurich · CHErasmus MC · NLLMU Klinikum · DENetherlands Institute for Neuroscience · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn multiple sclerosis (MS), B cells are considered main triggers of the disease, likely as the result of complex interaction between genetic and environmental risk factors. Studies on monozygotic twins discordant for MS offer a unique way to reduce this complexity and reveal discrepant subsets.

methodsIn this study, we analyzed B cell subsets in blood samples of monozygotic twins with and without MS using publicly available data. We verified functional characteristics by exploring the role of therapy and performed separate analyses in unrelated individuals.

findingsThe frequencies of CXCR3

conclusionsCirculating CXCR3

fundingThis work was supported by Nationaal MS Fonds (OZ2021-016), Stichting MS Research (19-1057 MS, 20-490f MS, and 21-1142 MS), the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program grant agreement no. 882424, and the Swiss National Science Foundation (733 310030_170320, 310030_188450, and CRSII5_183478).

Indexed as

Epstein-Barr Virus InfectionsMultiple SclerosisHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansMemory B CellsNatalizumabReceptors, CXCR3CXCR3 protein, humanNatalizumabReceptors, CXCR3B cellscentral nervous systemCXCR3Epstein-Barr virusimmunologyinflammationmonozygotic twin pairsmultiple sclerosissingle cellTranslation to patients

Identifiers

PMID38531361
PMCPMC11018360
OpenAlexW4393166453

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