Abstract
We aimed to study serum cytokine levels in 11 electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES) patients and 20 healthy control children. Patients showed significantly higher levels of interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-6, IL-10, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand (CCL)2 and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand (CXCL)8/IL-8 than controls, while macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and CCL3 were significantly lower. Follow-up analyses in five patients revealed a significant decrease of IL-6 levels after immunomodulating treatment. IL-6 changes were accompanied by clear improvement of electroencephalography (EEG) patterns and neuropsychological evaluation. We hypothesize that IL-6 correlates with disease activity and immunomodulating treatment efficacy.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | e45–e50 |
| Journal | Epilepsia |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2016 |
Keywords
- Cytokines
- Electrical status epilepticus during sleep
- ESES
- Continuous spikes and waves during sleep
- CSWS
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome
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