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New Advances of Proteins in Neuroinflammation

A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1092

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Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Michetti

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Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy
Interests: neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation; multiple sclerosis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; animal models of neural diseases; neural biomarkers; calcium-binding neuroproteins; S100B protein
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Dr. M. Elisabetta Clementi

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National Research Council (CNR), Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta” (SCITEC)—c/o Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: apoptosis; oxidative stress; nutraceutical
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Dr. Gabriele Di Sante

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Department of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Human, Clinical and Forensic Anatomy, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06132 Perugia, Italy
Interests: immunopathology; autoimmune disorders; host-pathogen interaction; immunotherapy; neuroimmunology; multiple sclerosis; rheumatoid arthritis; oncoimmunology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Inflammatory processes are known to play an active role in a large part of neural disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, acute traumatic and vascular brain injury.

Among the molecules actively involved in neuroinflammatory processes, proteins—known to be required for the structure, function, and regulation of different tissues and organs in health and disease due to their structural complexity—are regarded as playing a crucial role. Damage/Danger-Associated Molecular Pattern proteins and inflammasomes are protein molecules currently regarded as explicitly involved in these physiopathological mechanisms.

Thus, a deeper understanding of the role of proteins in neuroinflammatory processes would significantly contribute to the knowledge of these disorders and would help to identify possible therapeutic targets.

In this Special Issue, we aim to cover all aspects of the current landscape of research in the role of protein molecules involved in neuroinflammatory processes as pathogenic effectors, and as a consequence as possible therapeutic targets, but also as diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers.

Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Michetti
Dr. M. Elisabetta Clementi
Dr. Gabriele Di Sante
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Keywords

  • neuroinflammation
  • DAMPs
  • inflammasome
  • cyokines
  • neuroproteins

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Multiple Sclerosis Onset before and after COVID-19 Vaccination: Can HLA Haplotype Be Determinant?
by Assunta Bianco, Gabriele Di Sante, Francesca Colò, Valeria De Arcangelis, Alessandra Cicia, Paola Del Giacomo, Maria De Bonis, Tommaso Giuseppe Morganti, Vincenzo Carlomagno, Matteo Lucchini, Angelo Minucci, Paolo Calabresi and Massimiliano Mirabella
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(8), 4556; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084556 - 22 Apr 2024
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A few cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) onset after COVID-19 vaccination have been reported, although the evidence is insufficient to establish causality. The aim of this study is to compare cases of newly diagnosed relapsing–remitting MS before and after the outbreak of the [...] Read more.
A few cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) onset after COVID-19 vaccination have been reported, although the evidence is insufficient to establish causality. The aim of this study is to compare cases of newly diagnosed relapsing–remitting MS before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of COVID-19 vaccination. Potential environmental and genetic predisposing factors were also investigated, as well as clinical patterns. This is a single-centre retrospective cohort study including all patients who presented with relapsing–remitting MS onset between January 2018 and July 2022. Data on COVID-19 vaccination administration, dose, and type were collected. HLA-DRB1 genotyping was performed in three subgroups. A total of 266 patients received a new diagnosis of relapsing–remitting MS in our centre, 143 before the COVID-19 pandemic (until and including March 2020), and 123 during the COVID-19 era (from April 2020). The mean number of new MS onset cases per year was not different before and during the COVID-19 era and neither were baseline patients’ characteristics, type of onset, clinical recovery, or radiological patterns. Fourteen (11.4%) patients who subsequently received a new diagnosis of MS had a history of COVID-19 vaccination within one month before symptoms onset. Patients’ characteristics, type of onset, clinical recovery, and radiological patterns did not differ from those of patients with non-vaccine-related new diagnoses of MS. The allele frequencies of HLA-DRB1*15 were 17.6% and 22.2% in patients with non-vaccine-related disease onset before and during the COVID-19 era, respectively, while no case of HLA-DRB1*15 was identified among patients with a new diagnosis of MS post-COVID-19 vaccine. In contrast, HLA-DRB1*08+ or HLA-DRB1*10+ MS patients were present only in this subgroup. Although a causal link between COVID-19 vaccination and relapsing–remitting MS cannot be detected, it is interesting to note and speculate about the peculiarities and heterogeneities underlying disease mechanisms of MS, where the interactions of genetics and the environment could be crucial also for the follow-up and the evaluation of therapeutic options. Full article
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