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Increased blood-cerebrospinal fluid transfer of albumin in advanced Parkinson’s disease

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Pisani, Valerio, Stefani, Alessandro, Pierantozzi, Mariangela, Natoli, Silvia, Stanzione, Paolo, Franciotta, Diego, Pisani, Antonio·2012·Journal of Neuroinflammation

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BACKGROUND: Alterations in blood-brain barrier permeability have been proposed to represent a relevant factor contributing to Parkinson's disease progression. However, few studies have addressed this issue in patients at different stages of disease. METHODS: Albumin was measured in cerebrospinal fluid and serum samples obtained from 73 non-demented subjects with idiopathic Parkinson's disease and 47 age-matched control subjects. The albumin ratio (AR) was calculated to assess blood-cerebrospinal fluid and blood-brain barrier function. The group of patients with Parkinson's disease included 46 subjects with Hoehn-Yahr staging between 1 and 2 and 27, with a score ranging from 2.5 to 4. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in albumin ratio were found between patients with advanced disease, and both early-stage and unaffected groups. Conversely, early-phase patients did not differ from healthy subjects. Additionally, dopaminergic treatment seems to exert a possible effect on AR values. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates that possible dysfunction of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, blood-brain barrier, or both, characterize Parkinson's disease progression. The associations between clinical scores, treatments and biochemical findings suggest a progressive impairment of barrier integrity during the course of the disease.

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  • These CSF angiogenesis biomarkers are further altered as Parkinson's disease patients progress into more advanced stages with dementia.

    “These biomarkers are further altered as patients progress into more advanced PD stages with dementia (288, 474).”

    From Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back (2019) · cites this paper as [474]

    The Results report a higher albumin ratio in advanced than early-stage Parkinson’s disease, supporting a change in a CSF measure with disease stage. But the paper studies albumin transfer and barrier permeability, not CSF angiogenesis biomarkers, and does not establish an alteration associated with dementia (Results and Discussion; page unavailable). (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Pisani, V., Stefani, A., Pierantozzi, M., Natoli, S., Stanzione, P., Franciotta, D., & Pisani, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino (IT)
Corresponding author
Pisani, Antonio
Venue
Journal of Neuroinflammation
Published
2012-08-08
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
188-188
ISSN
1742-2094 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2155862034
Cited by
158
References
21
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FWCI
5.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Neuroinflammation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni sul Lavoro
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, blood-brain barrier permeability, blood-CSF barrier, albumin ratio, cerebrospinal fluid albumin, disease progression, Hoehn-Yahr staging, dopaminergic therapy, barrier dysfunction
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Albumins, Blood-Brain Barrier, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Parkinson Disease, Severity of Illness Index, Cohort Studies, Biomarkers

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