Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Production of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / P.L. Baron, S. Bussini, V. Cardin, M. Corbo, G. Conti, D. Galimberti, E. Scarpini, N. Bresolin, S.B. Wharton, P.J. Shaw, V. Silani. - In: MUSCLE & NERVE. - ISSN 0148-639X. - 32:4(2005), pp. 541-544.
Abstract:
The presence of activated microglia in the spinal cord of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients is usually accompanied by inflammatory biochemical changes, but these are largely unexplored. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is critical for recruitment of inflammatory cells of monocytic lineage after inflammation or injury to the central nervous system. MCP-1 concentrations were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and the serum of 27 patients with ALS and 30 patients with noninflammatory neurological diseases. In ALS, circulating MCP-1 levels were significantly increased in the serum and particularly in the CSF. Immunoreactivity for MCP-1 in ALS spinal cord was detected mostly in astrocytes but also in microglia, neurons, and within the vasculature of the cord. Our findings suggest a role for MCP-1 as an important molecular mediator of the injury response in ALS.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
P.L. Baron, S. Bussini, V. Cardin, M. Corbo, G. Conti, D. Galimberti, E. Scarpini, N. Bresolin, S.B. Wharton, P.J. Shaw, V. Silani
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