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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2025

Sustained hippocampal neuroinflammation and subsequent glutamatergic dysfunction in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: evidence from proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (

Haiwei Han, Yifei Weng, Shumu Yang, Chengkun Han, Cuili Yi, Hua Wu, Jihong Xiao

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Haiwei Han *Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yifei Weng *Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Shumu YangDepartment of Radiology, Anxi County Hospital, Quanzhou, China.
Chengkun HanDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Cuili YiDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, 55 Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Hua WuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Minnan PET center, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen university, Xiamen University, 55 Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. wuhua1025@163.com.
Jihong XiaoDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen University, 55 Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. xmxiaojh@139.com.

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Medical and Health Guidance Project of Xiamen 3502Z2024ZD1024Youth Innovation Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province 2022J05307
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Abstract

backgroundChronic pain and psychiatric comorbidities in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) persist even during disease remission, suggesting central nervous system (CNS) alterations. This study used proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (

methodsA cohort of 248 JIA patients (61 treatment-naïve patients with active JIA and 187 patients with inactive JIA) and 57 healthy controls (HCs) underwent

resultsCompared with HCs, both JIA groups showed elevated mI/tCr and reduced Glu/tCr and Glx/tCr in the inactive JIA group (all, P < 0.05). mI/tCr was positively correlated with ESR (rho = 0.269) and CRP (rho = 0.287) in active JIA patients. However, the results did not survive the rigid multiple correction. Notably, tNAA/tCr, tCho/tCr, Glu/tCr and Glx/tCr showed no significant correlations with systemic inflammation and clinical indices for treatment-naïve and inactive JIA patients.

conclusionsSustained hippocampal neuroinflammation (indicated by elevated mI/tCr) and the subsequent glutamatergic synaptic dysfunction (indicated by reduced Glu/tCr and Glx/tCr) were identified in JIA patients. Peripheral inflammation may drive microglial activation during active disease, highlighting the hippocampus as a vulnerable CNS target in chronic inflammatory states.

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Arthritis, JuvenileGlutamic AcidHippocampusNeuroinflammatory DiseasesProton Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInflammationMaleGlutamic Acid1H-MRSGlutamate-glutamine cycleHippocampal metabolismJuvenile idiopathic arthritisMicroglial activationNeuroinflammation

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PMCPMC12754929

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