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. 2018 Aug 21;10:245. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00245

Table 1.

Serum and CSF cytokines, chemokines, and trophic factors.

Factor Factor abbreviation Function class Systemic actions* CNS actions*
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor G-CSF Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Neuro-protection
Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor GM-CSF Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Neuro-protection
Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist IL-1RA Cytokine Adhesion Neuro-protection
Interleukin-1beta IL-1β Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-2 IL-2 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Neuro-protection
Interleukin-4 IL-4 Cytokine Anti-Inflammatory Anti-inflammatory
Interleukin-5 IL-5 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-6 IL-6 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-9 IL-9 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-10 IL-10 Cytokine Anti-Inflammatory Neuro-protection
Interleukin-12, p70 IL-12p70 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-injury
Interleukin-13 IL-13 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-injury
Interleukin-15 IL-15 Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-17a IL-17a Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha TNF-α Cytokine Pro-inflammatory Neurodegeneration
Eosinophil chemotactic protein Eotaxin Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Anti-trophic
Interferon-gamma IFN-γ Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Interleukin-8 IL-8 Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-injury
Interferon gamma induced protein IP-10 Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Neurodegeneration
Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 MCP-1 Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Neurodegeneration
Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha MIP-1α Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Neurodegeneration
Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 beta MIP-1β Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Neurodegeneration
Platelet derived growth factor- bb PDGF-bb Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Neuroprotection
Regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted RANTES Chemokine Pro-inflammatory Pro-inflammatory
Basic fibroblast growth factor b-FGF Trophic Angiogenesis Neurotrophic
Interleukin-7 IL-7 Trophic Pro-inflammatory Pro-injury
Vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF Trophic Angiogenesis Angiogenesis
*

See reference De la Monte, et al for additional information.