TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum programmed cell death proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AU - Beers, David R.
AU - Zhao, Weihua
AU - Thonhoff, Jason R.
AU - Faridar, Alireza
AU - Thome, Aaron D.
AU - Wen, Shixiang
AU - Wang, Jinghong
AU - Appel, Stanley H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multifactorial, multisystem pro-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder. Activation of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), and its ligands, programmed cell death-ligand 1 and 2 (PD-L1/L2), leads to immune suppression. Serum soluble forms of these proteins, sPD-1/sPD-L1/sPD-L2, inhibit this suppression and promote pro-inflammatory responses. The purpose of this study was to determine if sPD-1, sPD-L1, and sPD-L2 were increased in sera of patients with ALS. sPD-1 and sPD-L2 were elevated in sera of patients and accurately reflected patients’ disease burdens. Increased sera levels of programmed cell death proteins reinforce the concept that peripheral pro-inflammatory responses contribute to systemic inflammation in patients with ALS.
AB - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a multifactorial, multisystem pro-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder. Activation of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), and its ligands, programmed cell death-ligand 1 and 2 (PD-L1/L2), leads to immune suppression. Serum soluble forms of these proteins, sPD-1/sPD-L1/sPD-L2, inhibit this suppression and promote pro-inflammatory responses. The purpose of this study was to determine if sPD-1, sPD-L1, and sPD-L2 were increased in sera of patients with ALS. sPD-1 and sPD-L2 were elevated in sera of patients and accurately reflected patients’ disease burdens. Increased sera levels of programmed cell death proteins reinforce the concept that peripheral pro-inflammatory responses contribute to systemic inflammation in patients with ALS.
KW - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
KW - Cancer
KW - Immune regulatory checkpoint pathways
KW - Inflammation
KW - Neurodegeneration
KW - Neuromuscular disease
KW - Program cell death proteins
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122283779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85122283779&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100209
DO - 10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100209
M3 - Article
C2 - 34589734
SN - 2666-3546
VL - 12
JO - Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
JF - Brain, behavior, & immunity - health
M1 - 100209
ER -