Osteopontin is extensively expressed by macrophages following CNS demyelination but has a redundant role in remyelination

C Zhao, SPJ Fancy, RJM Franklin - Neurobiology of disease, 2008 - Elsevier
Osteopontin (OPN) is a key immunoregulator in the autoimmune-mediated demyelinating
disease multiple sclerosis. OPN may also play a role in the remyelination since it is 1) a …

Serum level of osteopontin as an inflammatory marker does not indicate disease activity or responsiveness to therapeutic treatments in patients with rheumatoid …

HI Ji, SH Lee, R Song, HI Yang, YA Lee, SJ Hong… - Clinical …, 2014 - Springer
Osteopontin (OPN) is known to be significantly involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid
arthritis (RA). This study aimed to evaluate if the serum concentration of OPN in patients with …

The impact of osteopontin gene variations on multiple sclerosis development and progression

C Comi, G Cappellano, A Chiocchetti… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Osteopontin is a proinflammatory molecule, modulating TH1 and TH17 responses. Several
reports suggest its involvement in multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis. We previously …

Elevation of plasma osteopontin concentration is correlated with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

CK Wong, LCW Lit, LS Tam, EK Li, CWK Lam - Rheumatology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background. Osteopontin (OPN) is an extracellular matrix cell adhesion phosphoprotein with
immunological activities including stimulation of macrophage chemotaxis, T-helper type 1 …

High plasma osteopontin levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

R Mishima, F Takeshima, T Sawai, K Ohba… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background Osteopontin (OPN) plays a key role in the progression of TH 1-immune-
mediated disease in models of multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Aim To determine …

Serum osteopontin levels are upregulated and predict disability after an ischaemic stroke

F Carbone, N Vuilleumier, F Burger… - European journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background After an acute ischaemic stroke (AIS), several inflammatory biomarkers have
been investigated, but their predictive role on functional recovery remains to be validated …

Osteopontin might be involved in bone remodelling rather than in inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis

ST Choi, JH Kim, EJ Kang, SW Lee, MC Park… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. To determine whether osteopontin (OPN) is increased in patients with AS and to
investigate its relationship to inflammatory disease activity and bone remodelling process …

Utility of osteopontin in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic marker for neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus

K Kitagori, H Yoshifuji, T Oku, T Ayaki, A Kuzuya… - Lupus, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The whole protein of osteopontin (OPN full) and its cleaved form (OPN N-half) are involved
in the immune response and the migration of immune cells to an inflammatory lesion. We …

The role of osteopontin in neurodegenerative diseases

M Carecchio, C Comi - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Osteopontin (OPN) was shown to be involved in inflammatory and degenerative processes
of the nervous system. In multiple sclerosis, the role of OPN has been studied in the …

Increased osteopontin expression in dendritic cells amplifies IL-17 production by CD4+ T cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and in multiple …

G Murugaiyan, A Mittal, HL Weiner - The Journal of Immunology, 2008 - journals.aai.org
Osteopontin (Opn) is a broadly expressed pleiotropic cytokine, and has been shown to play
an important role in various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS) and its …