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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Association between cytokines and cerebral MRI changes in the aging brain |
Author: | Baune, B. Ponath, G. Rothermundt, M. Roesler, A. Berger, K. |
Citation: | Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2009; 22(1):23-34 |
Publisher: | Decker Periodicals Inc |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0891-9887 1552-5708 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bernhard T. Baune, Gerald Ponath, Matthias Rothermundt, Andreas Roesler and Klaus Berger |
Abstract: | The association between cytokines (IL-1β, sIL-4R, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, TNF-α) and subcortical white matter lesions, cortical atrophy and lacunar infarctions of the aging brain was investigated among 268 elderly community participants. Single pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines were neither associated with WML nor with atrophy and lacunar infarction. An association between atrophy and the chemokine-cytokine factor (containing sIL-4R, IL-6, IL-8) remained significant after adjustment for age, gender, education, depressive symptoms, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases (stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, myocardial insufficiency, arrhythmic heart), hypertension, body-mass index, smoking status and aggregation inhibitors as opposed to single cytokines. Atrophy of the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes was associated with the same cytokinechemokine factor for both the whole sample or restricted to those without history of stroke/TIA. The results indicate that a combination of chemokine-cytokines rather than single cytokines may contribute to inflammatory processes associated with cortical atrophy in the aging brain. |
Keywords: | white matter lesions atrophy lacunar infarctions aging cytokines |
Rights: | © 2009 Sage Publications |
DOI: | 10.1177/0891988708328216 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891988708328216 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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