Emerging functions and therapeutic targets of IL-38 in central nervous system diseases.

"CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The authors declare no competing interests."

"FUNDING INFORMATION This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82101972, 81530062, 81971800, 81971163, 82271409, and 82001382), NIH grant (NS119538, Li, G), the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (SBK2020040785), the Suzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (SYS2019027), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M681723), the Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Science Support Program (2021K590C), the Undergraduate Training Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Soochow University (202110285044Z), a project of invigorating healthcare through science, technology, and education (KJXW2019018), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)."