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Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Growing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Peripheral markers of inflammation, including blood cell counts and their ratios, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), have been reported as an easily accessible and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10342872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134298 |
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author | Tondo, Giacomo Aprile, Davide De Marchi, Fabiola Sarasso, Barbara Serra, Paola Borasio, Giordana Rojo, Esther Arenillas, Juan Francisco Comi, Cristoforo |
author_facet | Tondo, Giacomo Aprile, Davide De Marchi, Fabiola Sarasso, Barbara Serra, Paola Borasio, Giordana Rojo, Esther Arenillas, Juan Francisco Comi, Cristoforo |
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description | Growing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Peripheral markers of inflammation, including blood cell counts and their ratios, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), have been reported as an easily accessible and reliable proxy of central nervous system inflammation. However, the role of peripheral inflammation in dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) still needs to be clarified. In the current study, we aimed to assess the prognostic role of the NLR and other peripheral markers of inflammation in a sample of 130 amnestic MCI, followed up for two to five years. The Mini-Mental state examination (MMSE) score at baseline and follow-up visits was used to assess global cognitive status at each visit and the degree of cognitive decline over time. Baseline peripheral markers of inflammation included blood cell counts and ratios, specifically the NLR, the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), the monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and the systemic immune inflammation index (SII). After classifying subjects into CONVERTERS and non-CONVERTERS (respectively, patients converting to dementia and subjects showing stability at the last available follow-up), we compared peripheral markers of inflammation among groups ed correlated them with cognitive measures, testing the ability of significant factors to predict conversion to dementia. In our cohort, CONVERTERS showed lower baseline MMSE scores (p-value = 0.004) than non-CONVERTERS. In addition, CONVERTERS had statistically elevated NLR (p-value = 0.005), PLR (p-value = 0.002), and SII levels (p-value = 0.015), besides a lower number of lymphocytes (p-value = 0.004) compared with non-CONVERTERS. In a logistic regression analysis, baseline MMSE scores and NLR predicted conversion to dementia. Tertiles analysis showed that MCI with the highest NLR values had a higher conversion risk. Our study supports the hypothesis that a dysregulation of peripheral inflammation involving both lymphocytes and neutrophils may play a role in the pathogenesis of dementia, even at the early stages of neurodegeneration, as in the MCI condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-103428722023-07-14 Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment Tondo, Giacomo Aprile, Davide De Marchi, Fabiola Sarasso, Barbara Serra, Paola Borasio, Giordana Rojo, Esther Arenillas, Juan Francisco Comi, Cristoforo J Clin Med Article Growing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Peripheral markers of inflammation, including blood cell counts and their ratios, such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), have been reported as an easily accessible and reliable proxy of central nervous system inflammation. However, the role of peripheral inflammation in dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) still needs to be clarified. In the current study, we aimed to assess the prognostic role of the NLR and other peripheral markers of inflammation in a sample of 130 amnestic MCI, followed up for two to five years. The Mini-Mental state examination (MMSE) score at baseline and follow-up visits was used to assess global cognitive status at each visit and the degree of cognitive decline over time. Baseline peripheral markers of inflammation included blood cell counts and ratios, specifically the NLR, the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), the monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and the systemic immune inflammation index (SII). After classifying subjects into CONVERTERS and non-CONVERTERS (respectively, patients converting to dementia and subjects showing stability at the last available follow-up), we compared peripheral markers of inflammation among groups ed correlated them with cognitive measures, testing the ability of significant factors to predict conversion to dementia. In our cohort, CONVERTERS showed lower baseline MMSE scores (p-value = 0.004) than non-CONVERTERS. In addition, CONVERTERS had statistically elevated NLR (p-value = 0.005), PLR (p-value = 0.002), and SII levels (p-value = 0.015), besides a lower number of lymphocytes (p-value = 0.004) compared with non-CONVERTERS. In a logistic regression analysis, baseline MMSE scores and NLR predicted conversion to dementia. Tertiles analysis showed that MCI with the highest NLR values had a higher conversion risk. Our study supports the hypothesis that a dysregulation of peripheral inflammation involving both lymphocytes and neutrophils may play a role in the pathogenesis of dementia, even at the early stages of neurodegeneration, as in the MCI condition. MDPI 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10342872/ /pubmed/37445333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134298 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tondo, Giacomo Aprile, Davide De Marchi, Fabiola Sarasso, Barbara Serra, Paola Borasio, Giordana Rojo, Esther Arenillas, Juan Francisco Comi, Cristoforo Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title | Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title_full | Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title_fullStr | Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title_short | Investigating the Prognostic Role of Peripheral Inflammatory Markers in Mild Cognitive Impairment |
title_sort | investigating the prognostic role of peripheral inflammatory markers in mild cognitive impairment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10342872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134298 |
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