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Table 1 Cytokines and chemokines modulating neuroinflammation in clinical TBI

From: The contribution of the meningeal immune interface to neuroinflammation in traumatic brain injury

Immune signature/trigger

Time

Fluid biomarkers

 IFNγ

↑ 1–5 days after injury [35, 36], ↑ up to 12 months [37]

 TNF

↑ 6 h–2 weeks days [24, 35, 38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50], ↑ up to 12 months [37]

 IL-1β

↑ 1 day–1 month [39, 46, 51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]

 IL-6

↑ 6 h–2 weeks [24, 36, 46, 47, 49,50,51,52, 56, 58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68], ↑ up to 6 months [69]

 IL-10

↑ 6 h–3 days [24, 39, 46, 51, 68, 70,71,72,73]

 IL-8 (CXCL8)

↑ 2 h–5 days [48, 50, 51, 59, 69, 74], ↑ up to 12 months [37]

 IL-12p70

↑ 1–3 days, peaks at days 3–5 [46, 50, 51]

 TGFβ

↑ 1–21 days after trauma [75, 76]

 CCL2

↑ 1–10 days [46, 77, 78], ↑ up to 3 months [58]

 CCL3

↑ 1–3 days [46, 51]

 CXCL8 (IL-8)

↑ 1–4.5 days [46, 51, 63, 79]

 IL-18

↑ up to 10 days [80]

 sIL-2R

↑1–21 days [81]

 IL-17, IL-22

↑ day 5 after injury [35], ↑ up to 12 months [37]

 IL-2

↑ 24 h post injury [67]

 IL-9

↑ admission–12 months [37]

 IL-4

↑ within 48 h post injury [59]

 iNOS

↑24 h post injury [47]

 NADPH

↑24 h post injury [47]

 COX-2

↑24 h post injury [47]

Tissue

 IFNγ

↑ 17 min–5 days injury [70]

 TNF

↑ 17 min–5 days injury [70]

 IL-1β

↑ 6 h–5days after injury [70]

 IL-6

↑ 17 min after injury [56, 70]

 CCL2

↑ 3 h–15 days post-injury [78]

 CCL3

↑ 3 h–15 days post-injury [78]

 IL-8 (CXCL8)

↑ 3 h–15 days post-injury [70, 78]

 IL-2

↑ 17 min–5 days injury [70]

 NOX2

↑12–24 h post injury [82]

 NOX4

↑12–48 h post injury [82]