| Literature DB >> 19013651 |
Rongzhen Zhang1, Robert G Miller, Ron Gascon, Stacey Champion, Jonathan Katz, Mariselle Lancero, Amy Narvaez, Ronald Honrada, David Ruvalcaba, Michael S McGrath.
Abstract
The present study reports elevated levels of endotoxin/lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentrations in plasma from patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) and Alzheimer's (AD) as compared to healthy controls. Levels of plasma LPS showed a significant positive correlation with degree of blood monocyte/macrophage activation in disease groups and was most elevated in patients with advanced sALS disease. There was a significant negative relationship between plasma LPS and levels of monocyte/macrophage IL-10 expression in sALS blood. These data suggest that systemic LPS levels and activated monocyte/macrophages may play significant roles in the pathogenesis of sALS.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19013651 PMCID: PMC2995297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.09.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuroimmunol ISSN: 0165-5728 Impact factor: 3.478