effect of levodopa on interleukin-15 and rantes circulating levels in patients affected by parkinson's disease

effect of levodopa on interleukin-15 and rantes circulating levels in patients affected by parkinson's disease

;Sebastiano Gangemi;Giorgio Basile;Rosaria Alba Merendino;Antonio Epifanio;Giuseppe Di Pasquale;Benito Ferlazzo;Vittorio Nicita-mauro;Letterio Morgante
polyhedron 2003 Vol. 12 pp. 251-253
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gangemi2003mediatorseffect

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an extra-pyramidal neurodegenerative disorder, in which alterations of the immune system are involved. Interleukin (IL)-15 stimulates cellular immune response and induces growth and differentiation of various immune cells. RANTES, promoting leukocyte infiltration to sites of inflammation, mediates the trafficking and homing of immune cells. To clarify the potential effect of levodopa on the immunological network of PD, we analyzed IL-15 and RANTES serum levels in PD patients, treated or not with levodopa, and in healthy donors. Levodopa-treated patients showed significantly higher IL-15 and RANTES circulating levels with respect to healthy controls and higher, although not significantly, levels with respect to untreated patients. So, we hypothesize that the immunological alterations found in PD may be linked, at least in part, to levodopa therapy.

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