Evidence for systemic immune system alterations in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS).
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Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) is a progressive neuroinflammatory disease of spinal cord motor neurons of unclear etiology. Blood from 38 patients with sALS, 28 aged-match controls, and 25 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients were evaluated and activated monocyte/macrophages were observed in all patients with sALS and AD; the degree of activation was directly related to the rate of sALS disease progression. Other parameters of T-cell activation and immune globulin levels showed similar disease associated changes. These data are consistent with a disease model previously suggested for AD, wherein systemic immunologic activation plays an active role in sALS.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neuroimmunology
دوره 159 1-2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005