• Xiao-Yan Qin, Shu-Ping Zhang, Chang Cao, Y Peng Loh, and Yong Cheng.
• Center on Translational Neuroscience, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, MinZu University of China, Beijing, China.
• JAMA Neurol. 2016 Nov 1; 73 (11): 1316-1324.

ImportanceThe association of nonmotor features and Parkinson disease (PD) is increasingly recognized. Evidence suggests that inflammation may play a role in PD pathologic features and symptoms.ObjectiveTo quantitatively summarize the peripheral inflammatory cytokine data available for patients with PD.Data SourceA systematic search of peer-reviewed English-language articles from PubMed, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library without year limitation was performed from December 7, 2015, to March 23, 2016. The search terms included inflammation or cytokine or chemokine or tumor necrosis factor or interleukin or interferon or C-reactive protein AND Parkinson disease.Study SelectionStudies were included if they provided data on peripheral blood cytokine concentrations in patients with PD and a healthy control group. Studies were excluded if they contained in vitro analysis of stimulated or unstimulated levels of cytokines, samples that overlapped with other studies, patients not diagnosed with PD at blood sampling, or if the cytokine analyzed was assessed in fewer than 3 studies.Data Extraction And SynthesisData were extracted from the 25 included studies encompassing 1547 unique patients with PD and 1107 unique controls by 2 independent investigators. Data were pooled using a random-effects model with the Comprehensive Meta-analysis software. Effect sizes were generated as standardized mean differences of cytokine concentrations between patients with PD and healthy controls and converted to the Hedges g statistic.Main Outcomes And MeasuresBlood cytokine concentrations in patients with PD compared with controls. Aberrations in peripheral cytokine levels were hypothesized to be related to PD.ResultsAmong the 2654 study participants, concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL-6) (Hedges g, 0.325; 95% CI, 0.007-0.643; P = .045) in 13 studies, tumor necrosis factor (Hedges g, 0.354; 95% CI, 0.144-0.563; P = .001) in 9 studies, IL-1β (Hedges g, 0.382; 95% CI, 0.142-0.621; P = .002) in 6 studies, C-reactive protein (Hedges g, 0.323; 95% CI, 0.052-0.593; P = .02) in 6 studies, IL-10 (Hedges g, 0.329; 95% CI, 0.051-0.607; P = .02) in 5 studies, RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T-expressed, and presumably secreted) (Hedges g, 0.605; 95% CI, 0.111-1.099; P = .02) in 5 studies, and IL-2 (Hedges g, 0.789; 95% CI, 0.105-1.472; P = .02) in 3 studies were significantly higher in patients with PD compared with healthy controls. No differences were found between patients with PD and healthy controls for concentrations of interferon-γ (Hedges g, 0.745; 95% CI, -0.192 to 1.682; P = .12) in 5 studies, IL-4 (Hedges g, 0.031; 95% CI, -0.191 to 0.253; P = .79) in 3 studies, and IL-8 (Hedges g, 0.072; 95% CI, -0.136 to 0.279; P = .50) in 3 studies.Conclusions And RelevanceThe findings of the meta-analysis demonstrated higher peripheral concentrations of IL-6, tumor necrosis factor, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-10, C-reactive protein, and RANTES in patients with PD, strengthening the clinical evidence that PD is accompanied by an inflammatory response.

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