Table 1 The systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy for inflammatory markers.

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis of inflammatory biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease

No.

Author

Year

Sample source

Assay type

Samples

Marker

AUC

Sensitivity

Specificity

Cutoff values

Unit

Summary

PD

HC

Single inflammatory markers

1

Lee, H. W.

2011

Plasma

ELISA

66

41

PTX3

0.642 (0.54–0.75)

0.758

0.390

5.415

pg/mg

Plasma PTX3 levels could be a new biochemical marker for PD.

2

Sathe, K.

2012

CSF

ELISA

82

64

S100β

0.76

NA

NA

NA

NA

The ROC curve indicated a moderate discriminative effect.

3

Bartl, M.

2021

CSF

ELISA

252

115

S100β

0.544

NA

NA

NA

NA

The biomarker did not differentiate between PD and controls.

4

Olsson, B.

2013

CSF

ELISA

50

37

YKL-40

NA

0.605

0.815

126368

ng/L

CSF levels of YKL-40 were lower in patients who had PD compared with controls.

5

Zhao, Y.

2022

Plasma

ELISA

36

36

YKL-40

0.72 (0.60–0.84)

NA

NA

NA

NA

YKL-40 was implicated in PD pathogenesis.

6

Bartl, M.

2021

CSF

ELISA

252

115

YKL-40

0.565

NA

NA

NA

NA

The biomarker did not differentiate between PD and controls.

7

Magdalinou, N. K.

2015

CSF

MSD

20

15

sAPPα

NA

0.740

0.650

485

ng/mL

The decreasing levels of sAPPα in PD could be used as markers of disease progression.

8

Delgado-Alvarado, M.

2017

CSF

Luminex Xmap

40

40

TNF-α

0.66 (0.55–0.82)

NA

NA

NA

NA

The CSF TNF-α might serve as biomarkers to diagnose PD.

9

Solmaz, V.

2018

Blood

Nephelometric

101

60

CRP

0.683

0.650

0.700

8.7

mg/L

CRP levels was very important indicators of peripheral inflammation in PD.

10

Baran, A.

2019

Serum

Nephelometric

30

30

CRP

0.70 (0.56–0.86)

0.667

0.777

0.63

mg/L

CRP might be fair markers in the diagnosis of PD.

11

Jin, H.

2020

Serum

NA

183

89

CRP

0.91 (0.87–0.94)

0.749

0.997

5.8

mg/mL

CRP exhibited high sensitivity and specificity for predicting PD.

12

Yang, W. L.

2020

Plasma

Nephelometric

204

204

CRP

0.56 (0.51–0.62)

0.299

0.882

3.05

mg/L

Higher CRP levels might be important markers to assess the PD severity.

13

Perner, C.

2019

Plasma

ELISA

33

33

sVCAM-1

0.96

0.880

0.910

919

ng/mL

Plasma levels of the sVCAM1 were highly increased in patients with PD.

14

Chatterjee, K.

2020

Serum

ELISA

27

15

NLRP3

0.96

NA

NA

NA

NA

Significant serum NLRP3 and IL-1β increment in PD provided evidence for peripheral inflammasome activation.

IL-1β

0.94

NA

NA

NA

NA

15

Peng, G.

2020

CSF

ELISA

55

40

sTREM2

0.70 (0.59–0.81)

0.705

0.659

NA

NA

CSF sTREM2 could serve as a promising biomarker.

Serum

sTREM2

0.55 (0.43–0.67)

0.300

0.878

NA

NA

16

Bartl, M.

2021

CSF

ELISA

252

115

sTREM2

0.538

NA

NA

NA

NA

The biomarker did not differentiate between PD and controls.

17

Mo, M. S.

2021

CSF

ELISA

80

65

sTREM2

0.79 (0.71–0.87)

NA

NA

NA

NA

CSF sTREM2 might be a potential biomarker for PD.

18

Bartl, M.

2021

CSF

ELISA

252

115

IL-6

0.525

NA

NA

NA

NA

The biomarker did not differentiate between PD and controls.

19

Wu, Z. B.

2021

Serum

NA

58

60

SAA

0.74 (0.66–0.83)

0.638

0.750

NA

NA

The levels of SAA were higher in the PD patients than those of the control group.

20

Li, Y. Y.

2022

Plasma

MSD

76

76

CXCL12

0.83

0.829

0.658

1051

pg/mL

Increased levels of CXCL12, CX3CL1 and IL-8 were independent diagnostic biomarkers of PD.

CX3CL1

0.63

0.645

0.632

3966.9

pg/mL

IL-8

0.85

0.737

0.855

1.7

pg/mL

Multiple inflammatory markers

1

Delgado-Alvarado, M.

2017

CSF/Plasma

Luminex Xmap

39

38

3 markers

0.92 (0.84–0.99)

0.929

0.750

NA

NA

P-Tau/α-synuclein and TNF-α

2

Dos Santos, M. C. T.

2018

CSF

Millipore

80

80

16 markers

0.71

0.900

0.500

NA

NA

Aβ40, Aβ42, α-synuclein, P-Tau, T-Tau, OPN, NFL, IL-6, DJ-1, UCHL1, FLT3LG, MMP-2, S100β, ApoA1, Aβ40/Aβ42 and p-Tau/t-Tau

4 markers

0.77

0.850

0.750

NA

NA

S100β, α-synuclein, MMP-2 and UCHL1

3

Calvani, R.

2020

Serum

Luminex Xmap

20

30

7 markers

close to 1

NA

NA

NA

NA

Citrulline, Phosphoethanolamine, Proline, IL-8, IL-9, MIP-1α, MIP-1β

4

Majbour, N. K.

2020

CSF

Luminex Xmap

60

43

5 markers

0.88 (0.81-0.96)

NA

NA

NA

NA

t-, o- and pS129-α-syn, TNF-α, IL-16

5

Yang, W. L.

2020

Plasma

Nephelometric

204

204

5 markers

0.69 (0.64–0.74)

0.475

0.843

NA

NA

SOD, cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, CRP

6

Chen, S. J.

2021

Plasma

ELISA

248

149

4 markers

0.67 (0.62–0.73)

NA

NA

NA

NA

Age, sex, LBP, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-17A

7

Li, Y. Y.

2022

Plasma

MSD

76

76

4 markers

0.89 (0.84–0.94)

NA

NA

NA

NA

CXCL12, CX3CL1, IL-8 and CCL15

  1. CXCL12 C-X-C motif ligand 12 protein, CX3CL1 CX3 chemokine ligand 1, CRP C-reactive protein, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, IL interleukin, MSD meso scale discovery, NLRP3 NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3, PD Parkinson’s disease, PTX3 pentraxin 3, SAA serum amyloid A, sAPPα amyloid precursor protein-alpha, sTREM2 soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2, sVCAM-1 soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, S100β central nervous system specific protein beta, TNF tumour necrosis factor, YKL-40 chitinase protein 40.