Inflammatory mediators in epilepsy.

Abstract:

:All common contributing factors to epilepsy such as trauma, malignancies and infections are accompanied by different levels of central nervous system inflammation that in turn have been associated with the occurrence of seizure. Emerging data from human brain tissue and experimental models of epilepsy support the proposed involvement of inflammation in epilepsy. Key mediators of this process include, among others: interleukin (IL) -1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, adhesion molecules and component of complement. Recent advances suggest the involvement of specific inflammatory pathways in the pathogenesis of seizures in patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy, highlighting the potential for new therapeutic strategies. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge on the relationship between inflammatory mediators and epilepsy. We also describe experimental and clinical evidence of inflammation in epilepsy with special emphasis on clinical aspects once the epileptogenic focus has been resected. Further insight into the complex role of inflammation in epileptogenesis may provide new treatment options.

journal_name

Curr Pharm Des

authors

Lorigados Pedre L,Morales Chacón LM,Orozco Suárez S,Pavón Fuentes N,Estupiñán Díaz B,Serrano Sánchez T,García Maeso I,Rocha Arrieta L

doi

10.2174/1381612811319380009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-01-01 00:00:00

pages

6766-72

issue

38

eissn

1381-6128

issn

1873-4286

pii

CPD-EPUB-20130319-16

journal_volume

19

pub_type

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