Elevated plasma S100B concentration is associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in Han Chinese: a case-control study.
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is a common type of intractable epilepsy characterized by astroglial gliosis. The S100B was viewed as an astrocyte marker and experimental studies indicated that S100B might be involved in the pathophysiology of temporal lobe epilepsy. In this study, we measured plasma S100B levels by ELISA in 28 patients with MTLE and 28 healthy controls and found that patients showed significantly elevated S100B levels compared with healthy controls (P=0.018). Moreover, S100B levels were significantly higher in female patients than those in male patients (P=0.027). These results suggest that S100B may be a biomarker of MTLE.
Lu
Changfeng
C
Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Li
Jun
J
Sun
Wei
W
Feng
Lei
L
Li
Liping
L
Liu
Aihua
A
Li
Junjie
J
Mao
Wei
W
Wei
Hua
H
Gao
Lehong
L
Zhang
Xiating
X
Huang
Zhaoyang
Z
Meng
Xianghong
X
Wang
Yuping
Y
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000097:blood*; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins; C579160:S100B protein, human