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To characterize phenotypic, functional, and transcriptomic alterations in circulating peripheral blood monocytes from patients with Parkinson's disease.

October 4, 2014Acta NeuropathologicaOpen Access

Inflammatory dysregulation of blood monocytes in Parkinson’s disease patients

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VGVeselin GrozdanovUniversität Ulm CBCorinna BliederhaeuserUniversität Ulm WRWolfgang RufUniversität Ulm

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Translational study reveals inflammatory hyperactivation of circulating monocytes in Parkinson’s disease, suggesting peripheral immune pre-conditioning contributes to pathology.

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To characterize phenotypic, functional, and transcriptomic alterations in circulating peripheral blood monocytes from patients with Parkinson's disease.
Analyzed peripheral blood monocytes isolated from patients with Parkinson's disease using primary cell culture systems and flow cytometry.
Evaluated inflammatory reactivity following lipopolysaccharide stimulation and profiled monocyte gene expression using next-generation RNA sequencing.
Investigated the regulatory function of the CD95/CD95L pathway on monocyte subpopulations using pharmacological neutralization assays.
Classical monocytes and the monocyte-recruiting chemokine CCL2 are significantly elevated in the peripheral blood of Parkinson's disease patients.
Patient-derived monocytes exhibit heightened inflammatory hyperactivation following lipopolysaccharide exposure, which directly correlates with clinical disease severity.
Dysregulation of monocytic subpopulations is mediated by CD95/CD95L signaling and can be reversed by pharmacological neutralization of CD95L in favor of non-classical monocytes.

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Grozdanov et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d75d71f182769aa8b8ab30 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-014-1345-4

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Translational study reveals inflammatory hyperactivation of circulating monocytes in Parkinson’s disease, suggesting peripheral immune pre-conditioning contributes to pathology.

Inflammatory dysregulation of blood monocytes in Parkinson’s disease patients

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Inflammatory dysregulation of blood monocytes in Parkinson’s disease patients

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