Christian, Sherri L, Cambridge, Geraldine · Frontiers in immunology · 2024 · DOI
This is an editorial piece that discusses CD24, a protein found on cell surfaces that helps control how our immune cells develop and function. The authors review research on how CD24 is involved in various diseases and health conditions. While not a research study itself, this editorial helps explain why scientists think CD24 might be important for understanding different illnesses.
Understanding CD24's regulatory functions in immune cell development could be relevant to ME/CFS research, as the condition involves immune dysregulation. If CD24 plays a role in abnormal immune responses, this editorial may help frame questions about immune mechanisms in ME/CFS that researchers could investigate further.
As an editorial rather than original research, this piece does not present new experimental data or clinical evidence. It does not establish whether CD24 dysfunction is actually involved in ME/CFS specifically, nor does it provide mechanistic proof of CD24's causal role in any particular disease—it reviews existing literature and proposes areas for future investigation.
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Primary citation
Christian, Sherri L & Cambridge, Geraldine (2024). Editorial: CD24 in the regulation of cellular development and disease.. Frontiers in immunology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1374701
BibTeX
@article{mecfsatlas-christian-2024-editorial-cd24,
author = {Christian, Sherri L and Cambridge, Geraldine},
title = {Editorial: CD24 in the regulation of cellular development and disease.},
journal = {Frontiers in immunology},
year = {2024},
doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2024.1374701},
note = {PubMed: 38476222},
url = {https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/christian-2024-editorial-cd24},
}Atlas snapshot reference
ME/CFS Atlas. Generator v1 / Scanner v1.4 / policy v0.1. Accessed 2026-05-30. https://www.mecfsatlas.com/evidence/christian-2024-editorial-cd24
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