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. 2024 Oct 26;12(30):6361–6373. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i30.6361

Table 2.

Summary of important chemokines during demyelination and remyelination

Pro-inflammatory (demyelination) chemokines
Cell type that produces chemokine
Chemokine function
Anti-inflammatory (remyelination)
chemokines
Cell type that produces chemokine
Chemokine function
TNF-α Astrocytes Promotes demyelination and oligodendrocyte pathology TGF-β Microglia (M2) Promotes differentiation of different cell types during repair
(iNOS+) Microglia (M1) Promotes the M1 phenotype, a pro-inflammatory state and induces phagocytosis Insulin-like growth factor-1 1 Astrocytes; 2 Microglia (M2) Regenerative role that promotes remyelination by promoting differentiation of different cell types such as oligodendrocytes
TREM-2 Microglia (M2) Cell surface receptor that clears myelin debris and promotes phagocytosis Fibroblast growth factor 2 1 Astrocytes; 2 Microglia (M2) Regenerative role that promotes remyelination by promoting differentiation of different cell types such as oligodendrocytes
Arg-1+ Microglia (M2) Promotes the M2 phenotype, an anti-inflammatory state

TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; TGF-β: Transforming growth factor beta.