Table 3 The systematic review of the level changes for inflammatory markers on PD non-motor symptoms.

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

No.

Author

Year

Sample source

Assay type

Sample size

Age

Markers

Scale

Summary

Cognitive impairment

1

Selikhova, M. V.

2002

Plasma

ELISA

27

69.7 (8.9)

IL-6

MMSE

No significant associations.

2

Dufek, M.

2009

serum

CLIA

29

68.2 (5.4)

TNF-α

MMSE

No significant associations.

3

Menza, M.

2010

Plasma

ELISA

NA

NA

IL, TNF-α

MMSE

TNF-α was significantly correlated with cognition.

4

Scalzo, P.

2010

Serum

ELISA

44

NA

IL-6

MMSE

Higher levels of IL-6 were associated with poor cognitive function.

5

Hassin-Baer, S.

2011

Plasma

CLIA

73

68.8 (11.5)

CRP

MMSE

No significant associations.

6

Lee, H. W.

2011

Plasma

ELISA

66

65.8 (8.8)

PTX3

MMSE, CDR

No significant associations.

7

Lindqvist, D.

2013

CSF

MSD

71

64.1 (10.5)

CRP, IL, TNF-α, chemokines

MMSE

MMSE score correlated significantly with IL-6 levels.

8

Rocha, N. P.

2014

Plasma

ELISA

40

68.7 (10.1)

STNFR1, STNFR2

MMSE, FAB

STNFR1 was a significant predictor for FAB score.

9

Rocha, N. P.

2014

Plasma

ELISA

78

76.3 (5.0)

chemokines

MMSE

CXCL10 was associated with cognitive status.

10

Yu, S. Y.

2014

CSF

ELISA

26

57.4 (10.8)

IL, TNF-α, INF-γ

MoCA

Negative correlation between MoCA score and IL-6.

11

Jiang, Q. W.

2015

Plasma

ELISA

59

64.4 (8.1)

CCL3, CCL4

MMSE

No significant associations.

12

Park, S. J.

2015

Serum

NA

112

72.9 (5.7)

CRP

Diagnose

No significant associations.

13

Wennstrom, M.

2015

CSF

ELISA

61

68.4 (9.2)

YKL-40

MMSE

Negative correlation of CSF YKL-40 to MMSE.

14

Hall, S.

2016

CSF

ELISA

63

64.7 (9.4)

YKL-40

MMSE

An increase in YKL-40 correlated with worsening of cognitive function as measured by letter fluency.

15

Lue, L. F.

2016

Plasma

Multiplex

74

73.1 (1.3)

Cytokines, chemokines

Diagnose

A 14-protein panel with age served as discriminants of PD dementia.

CDR

Significant associations of TNF-α, IL-2, CCL7, IL-17, CCL26, CCL13, IL-16 and BDNF.

MMSE

Significant associations of IL-1β.

AVLT-A7

Significant associations of CCL2, IL-17R, CCL11.

16

Williams-Gray, C. H.

2016

Serum

V-PLEX

230

66.4 (9.5)

IFN-γ, IL, TNF-α, CRP

MMSE

IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-6, and CRP levels were associated with lower MMSE scores, while IL-1β and IL-2 were correlated with faster rate of cognitive decline.

17

Hall, S.

2018

CSF

MSD

131

64.9 (10.6)

CRP, SAA, YKL-40, CCL2

Diagnose

CRP and SAA were higher in patients with PD dementia. The levels of CCL2 in CSF were lower in PD dementia.

18

Karpenko, M. N.

2018

Serum

ELISA

117

65 (57-73)

IL, TNF-α

MMSE

The serum level of TNF-α was significantly lower in PD patients with MCI.

19

Kim, R.

2018

Serum

MSD

58

62.4 (8.1)

IL, TNF-α, CRP

MoCA

No significant associations.

20

Moghaddam, H. S.

2018

CSF

NA

109

69.7 (6.5)

CRP

MoCA

A significant correlation was observed.

21

Rocha, N. P.

2018

Plasma

CBA

40

68.7 (10.1)

IL, TNF, IFN-γ

MMSE

Higher TNF/IL-10 ratios were associated with worse cognitive performance.

22

Veselý, B.

2018

Serum

CLIA

47

65 (7.8)

IL-6

MMSE

No significant associations.

23

Green, H. F.

2019

Plasma

SIMOA

63

69.9 (8.1)

IL, TNF-α, TGF-β

MoCA

IL-17A was negatively correlated with MoCA score.

24

King, E.

2019

Serum

MSD

112

69.5 (6.7)

TNF‐α, IL, IFN‐γ, CRP

MoCA

IL‐8 was significantly higher in PD without MCI.

25

Chatterjee, K.

2020

Serum

ELISA

27

62.5 (7.7)

IL-1β, NLRP3

MMSE, DRS-2

No significant associations.

26

Kiçik, A.

2020

Serum

ELISA

61

NA

NLRP3, IL-1β, IL-18

Diagnose

PD-MCI patients displayed significantly reduced serum IL-1β and IL-18 levels.

27

Martin-Ruiz, C.

2020

Serum

MSD

154

67 (60-82)

CRP, IL-6

MMSE, MoCA

Levels of CRP and IL-6 were significantly raised in PD-MCI cases.

28

Santaella, A.

2020

CSF

ELISA

46

57.5 (10.0)

CCL2

MMSE

No significant associations.

29

Bartl, M.

2021

CSF

ELISA

252

61 (9.8)

GFAP, S100β, YKL-40, sTREM2

MoCA

The MoCA score showed a significant negative correlation with GFAP, S100, YKL-40 and sTREM2.

30

Galper, J.

2021

Plasma

Bio-Plex

75

62.4 (1.2)

TNF-α, IL, chemokines, PDGF

MoCA

MoCA score significantly negatively correlated to IL-17RA, CXCL10, CCL3, and CCL18, and positively correlated to PDGF.

31

Lerche, S.

2022

CSF

Multiplex

68

-

ICAM-1, IL, CCL2, TNF-α

MoCA

Higher CSF levels of IL-8 and CCL2 were associated with lower MoCA scores.

32

Li, Y. Y.

2022

Plasma

MSD

76

62.2 (7.5)

Chemokines, IL-8

MMSE

An increase in CCL15 levels was associated with an increased MMSE score.

Depression and anxiety

1

Selikhova, M. V.

2002

Plasma

ELISA

27

69.7 (8.9)

IL-6

BDI

Significant positive association.

STAI

No significant associations.

2

Menza, M.

2010

Plasma

ELISA

NA

NA

IL, TNF-α

HAMD

TNF-α was significantly correlated with depression.

3

Pålhagen, S.

2010

CSF

EIAs

25

64.9 (8.4)

IL-6

HAMD MADRS

No significant associations.

4

Lindqvist, D.

2012

Serum

MSD

86

64.2 (10.8)

CRP, IL-6, IL-2R, TNF-α

HADS

TNF-α and sIL-2R were positively correlated with HAD depression scores.

TNF-α and sIL-2R were positively correlated with HAD anxiety scores.

5

Lindqvist, D.

2013

CSF

MSD

71

64.1 (10.5)

CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, chemokines

HADS

HADS depression score correlated positively with CRP and MCP-1 and IP-10.

6

Rocha, N. P.

2014

Plasma

ELISA

78

76.3 (5.0)

chemokines

BDI

No significant associations.

7

Jiang, Q. W.

2015

Plasma

ELISA

59

64.4 (8.1)

CCL3, CCL4

HAMD

MIP-1α was correlated with depression in early PD.

8

Li, Z. J.

2016

Serum

ELISA

65

64.6 (8.2)

IL-6, IL-18, TNF-α, CRP

HAMD

Serum IL-6, IL-1β, TNF-α and CRP were significantly higher.

9

Wang, X. M.

2016

Blood

ELISA

62

65.0 (7.2)

IL-1β, IL-6, INF-γ, CRP, sIL-2R

HAMD

HAMD scores were positively correlated with the levels of TNF-α, CRP and sIL-2R of PD patients.

HAMA

HAMA scores were positively correlated with the levels of TNF-α, CRP and sIL-2R of PD patients.

10

Hall, S.

2018

CSF

MSD

131

64.9 (10.6)

CRP, SAA, YKL-40, CCL2

HADS

Increased depressive symptoms correlated with CRP and SAA.

11

Karpenko, M. N.

2018

Serum

ELISA

117

65 (57-73)

IL, TNF-α

HADS

A direct correlation was only found between the level of serum IL-10 and depression.

HADS

A correlation was found between the level of serum IL-10 and anxiety.

12

Veselý, B.

2018

Serum

CLIA

47

65 (7.8)

IL-6

MADRS

Patients with higher IL-6 at baseline showed worse depression scores at 2 years.

13

Ahmadi Rastegar, D.

2019

Serum

Multiplex

65

NA

IL, G-CSF, chemokines, TNF-α, FGF basic, VEGF

GDS

Fourteen cytokines positively correlated with the fold change in geriatric depression scale over the 2-year time period.

14

Green, H. F.

2019

Plasma

SIMOA

63

69.9 (8.1)

IL, TNF-α, TGF-β

HADS

No significant associations.

HADS

IL-17A was positively correlated with the anxiety subscale of HADS.

15

Lian, T. H.

2020

CSF

ELISA

86

62.2 (9.5)

TNF-α

HAMD

TNF-α played an important role in PD depression.

16

Zhu, Y.

2021

Serum

ELISA

46

69.5 (9.6)

IL-6, TNF-α, sLAG3

HAMD

No significant associations.

HAMA

Serum TNF-α and sLAG3 positively correlated with HAMA.

Sleep disorders

1

Menza, M.

2010

Plasma

ELISA

NA

NA

IL, TNF-α

PSQI

No significant associations.

2

Hassin-Baer, S.

2011

Plasma

Chemical

73

68.8 (11.5)

CRP

Self-reported

No significant associations.

3

Lindqvist, D.

2012

Serum

MSD

86

64.2 (10.8)

CRP, IL, TNF-α

SCOPA-S

No significant associations.

4

Hu, Y.

2015

CSF

ELISA

84

NA

NO, H2O2, IL-1β, TNF-α

RBDSQ

Enhanced RBDSQ scores with elevated levels of NO and IL-1β in the CSF of patients with PD.

5

Jiang, Q. W.

2015

Plasma

ELISA

59

64.4 (8.1)

CCL3, CCL4

RBDSQ

CCL3 was correlated with RBD in early PD.

6

Hu, Y.

2021

CSF/Serum

ELISA

139

NA

IL-1β, TNF-α

EDS

ESS scored higher as IL-1β concentration in CSF elevated in patients with PD.

7

Mo, M. S.

2021

CSF

ELISA

80

63.6 (8.5)

sTREM2

PDSS

PD patients with a moderate or severe sleep disorder had a significantly increased concentration of sTREM2 in their CSF.

8

Kaminska, M.

2022

Serum

Multiplex

66

64.6 (9.8)

IL, TNF-α, BDNF

Polysomnography

IL-6 was associated with some polysomnographic characteristics.

ESS

No significant associations.

9

Wang, L. X.

2022

Blood

NA

93

61 (51-68)

CRP

NA

CRP levels served as biomarkers and predicted the prognosis of PD patients with RBD.

10

Yuan, Y.

2022

CSF/Serum

EIA

13

NA

TNF-α

RBDQ

No significant associations.

Fatigue

1

Lindqvist, D.

2012

Serum

MSD

86

64.2 (10.8)

CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, chemokines

FACIT

TNF-α and sIL-2R were positively correlated with FACIT scores.

2

Lindqvist, D.

2013

CSF

MSD

71

64.1 (10.5)

CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, chemokines

FACIT

FACIT score correlated negatively with CRP, CXCL10, and CCL2.

3

Pereira, J. R.

2016

Serum

ELISA

44

65.1 (10.9)

IL-6, STNFR1, STNFR2

PFS

Fatigued PD patients have elevated IL-6 serum levels when compared with non-fatigued patients.

4

Hall, S.

2018

CSF

MSD

131

64.9 (10.6)

CRP, SAA, YKL-40, CCL2

FACIT

Increased fatigue symptoms correlated with CRP and SAA.

Neuropsychiatric symptoms

1

Hassin-Baer, S.

2011

Plasma

Chemical

73

68.8 (11.5)

CRP

PPRS, AS, BDI

No significant associations.

2

Sawada, H.

2014

Plasma

-

111

69.7 (7.8)

CRP

PPQ-A

Subclinical elevations of CRP levels might be an independent risk for hallucinations/illusions.

3

Wang, Y. H.

2015

Plasma

Nephelometric

62

65.8 (9.3)

CRP, IL-6

PPQ-B

The levels of IL-6 and CRP were significantly higher in hallucination group.

Autonomic function

1

Jiang, Q. W.

2015

Plasma

ELISA

59

64.4 (8.1)

CCL3, CCL4

SCOPA-AUT

No significant associations.

  1. AS apathy scale, AVLT auditory verbal learning test, BDI Beck depression inventory, BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor, CBA cell based assay, CCL chemokine (C-C motif) ligand, CDR clinical dementia rating, CLIA chemiluminescence immunoassay, CRP C-reactive protein, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, CX3CL CX3 chemokine ligand, EDS excessive daytime sleepiness, ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale, FAB frontal assessment battery, FACIT the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue, FGF-basic fibroblast growth factor-basic, FOG freezing of gait, G-CSF granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, GFAP glial fibrillary acidic protein, GM-CSF granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, HADS hospital anxiety and depression scale, HAMA Hamilton anxiety scale, HAMD Hamilton depression scale, IFN interferon, IL interleukin, MARDS Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale, MCI mild cognitive impairment, MMSE mini-mental state examination, MoCA Montreal cognitive assessment, MSD Meso scale discovery, NLRP3 NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3, PD Parkinson’s disease, PDSS Parkinson’s disease sleep scale, PDGF platelet-derived growth factor, PPQ Parkinson psychosis questionnaire, PRRS Parkinson psychosis rating scale, PSP Piper fatigue scale, PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index, PTX3 pentraxin 3, RBDSQ REM Sleep behavior disorder screening questionnaire, UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, SAA serum amyloid A, sAPPα amyloid precursor protein-alpha, SCOPA-AUT scales for outcomes in Parkinson’s disease-autonomic, SCOPA-S scales for outcomes in Parkinson’s disease-sleep, SIMOA single molecular array, sLAG3 soluble lymphocyte-activation gene 3, STAI state-trait anxiety inventory, STNFR soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor, sTREM2 soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2, sVCAM-1 soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, S100β central nervous system specific protein beta, TGF transforming growth factor, TNF tumour necrosis factor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, YKL-40 chitinase protein 40.