Cytokines

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Clinical significance

Chemokines and cytokines may have a role in patients who develop cognitive symptoms during an acute infectious disease that persist after the disease despite eradication of the pathogen¹

Disc Degeneration

Note

• Role of cytokines in intervertebral disc degeneration: pain and disc content²

References

1.

Roos KL. Neurologic Complications of Lyme Disease. CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology. 2021;27(4):1040-1050. doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000001015

2.

Risbud MV, Shapiro IM. Role of cytokines in intervertebral disc degeneration: Pain and disc content. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 2014;10(1):44-56. doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2013.160