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JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION
Volume 14, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12974-017-0789-6
Keywords
Lyme neuroborreliosis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytokines; Chemokines; APRIL; BAFF; CCL20; CXCL 1; CXCL13; IL-17A
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- Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden (FORSS)
- Futurum-the Academy for Health and Care
- Division of Medical Services, Region Jonkoping County
- EU-Interreg project ScandTick Innovation
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Background: B cell immunity, including the chemokine CXCL13, has an established role in Lyme neuroborreliosis, and also, T helper (Th) 17 immunity, including IL-17A, has recently been implicated. Methods: We analysed a set of cytokines and chemokines associated with B cell and Th17 immunity in cerebrospinal fluid and serum from clinically well-characterized patients with definite Lyme neuroborreliosis (group 1, n = 49), defined by both cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and Borrelia-specific antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and from two groups with possible Lyme neuroborreliosis, showing either pleocytosis (group 2, n = 14) or Borrelia-specific antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid (group 3, n = 14). A non-Lyme neuroborreliosis reference group consisted of 88 patients lacking pleocytosis and Borrelia-specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid. Results: Cerebrospinal fluid levels of B cell-associated markers (CXCL13, APRIL and BAFF) were significantly elevated in groups 1, 2 and 3 compared with the reference group, except for BAFF, which was not elevated in group 3. Regarding Th17-associated markers (IL-17A, CXCL1 and CCL20), CCL20 in cerebrospinal fluid was significantly elevated in groups 1, 2 and 3 compared with the reference group, while IL-17A and CXCL1 were elevated in group 1. Patients with time of recovery < 3 months had lower cerebrospinal fluid levels of IL-17A, APRIL and BAFF compared to patients with recovery > 3 months. Conclusions: By using a set of markers in addition to CXCL13 and IL-17A, we confirm that B cell- and Th17-associated immune responses are involved in Lyme neuroborreliosis pathogenesis with different patterns in subgroups. Furthermore, IL-17A, APRIL and BAFF may be associated with time to recovery after treatment.
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