Immune profiling in orthopaedic diseases using mass cytometry : a narrative review of applications and future directions - PubMed
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- Mass cytometry (CyTOF) enables high-dimensional immune profiling by measuring over 40 proteins per cell.
- The review summarizes CyTOF applications in musculoskeletal diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis.
- CyTOF identifies disease-specific immune subsets, cytokine profiles, and treatment-response signatures.
- Eight recurrent markers across diseases reflect shared pathways of inflammation, senescence, and tissue damage.
- Future directions include broader application to underexplored conditions and panel standardization using a minimal eight-marker backbone.