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Intrathecal Cytokine Synthesis in Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System

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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Myelin Diseases II

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The immune response is strictly and continuously regulated by a highly complex network of soluble mediators (i.e., cytokines and growth factors) that usually act as autocrine and/or paracrine regulators of cell growth and function. Under pathological conditions, however, when these mediators are produced in larger amounts in tissues or by circulating cells, they can be detected in biological fluids, and may exert hormone-like effects. Thus, the analysis of body fluids (such as serum, cerebrospinal fluid, urine and synovial fluid) for the presence of cytokines may constitute a strategy to define the role of these factors in inflammatory reactions in vivo.

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Tavolato, B., Gallo, P. (1994). Intrathecal Cytokine Synthesis in Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System. In: Salvati, S. (eds) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Myelin Diseases II. NATO ASI Series, vol 258. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2435-9_17

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