Abstract.To evaluate whether inflammation-like mechanisms present in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients are reflected in the periphery, the expression of CD11b in peripheral blood neutrophils and the expression and activity of inflammatory markers in cultured skin fibroblasts were examined. We found significantly higher levels of CD11b in neutrophils from sporadic AD patients than in controls and this elevation was positively correlated with disease severity and progression rate of mental decline. Cultured skin fibroblasts from familial (FAD) and sporadic AD patients and from controls were immunopositive for both isoforms of cyclooxygenase with no differences between groups. In unstimulated culture, the production of prostaglandin-E2 in the medium was significantly higher in fibroblasts from sporadic AD and FAD patients than in controls, and this elevation was reverted by the addition of 25 microM of ibuprofen. Our findings provide further evidence of the presence of inflammatory and immuno-related markers in the periphery of AD patients and support those studies indicating the beneficial effects of anti-inflammatory therapy in AD.

Neutrophils CD11b and fibroblasts PGE2 are elevated in Alzheimer's disease / SCALI C; PROSPERI C; BRACCO L; PICCINI C; BARONTI R; GINESTRONI A; SORBI S; G. PEPEU; CASAMENTI F. - In: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING. - ISSN 0197-4580. - STAMPA. - 23:(2002), pp. 523-530.

Neutrophils CD11b and fibroblasts PGE2 are elevated in Alzheimer's disease

SCALI, CARLA;PICCINI, CAROLINA;GINESTRONI, ANDREA;SORBI, SANDRO;PEPEU, GIANCARLO;CASAMENTI, FIORELLA
2002

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Abstract.To evaluate whether inflammation-like mechanisms present in the brain of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients are reflected in the periphery, the expression of CD11b in peripheral blood neutrophils and the expression and activity of inflammatory markers in cultured skin fibroblasts were examined. We found significantly higher levels of CD11b in neutrophils from sporadic AD patients than in controls and this elevation was positively correlated with disease severity and progression rate of mental decline. Cultured skin fibroblasts from familial (FAD) and sporadic AD patients and from controls were immunopositive for both isoforms of cyclooxygenase with no differences between groups. In unstimulated culture, the production of prostaglandin-E2 in the medium was significantly higher in fibroblasts from sporadic AD and FAD patients than in controls, and this elevation was reverted by the addition of 25 microM of ibuprofen. Our findings provide further evidence of the presence of inflammatory and immuno-related markers in the periphery of AD patients and support those studies indicating the beneficial effects of anti-inflammatory therapy in AD.
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SCALI C; PROSPERI C; BRACCO L; PICCINI C; BARONTI R; GINESTRONI A; SORBI S; G. PEPEU; CASAMENTI F
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