Increased Oxidative Stress as a Risk Factor in Chronic Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy
Date
2018Author
Zis, PanagiotisMcHugh, Patrick C.
Manca, Maurizio
Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios
Rao, Dasappaiah Ganesh
Hadjivassiliou, Marios
ISSN
1559-1166Source
Journal of Molecular NeuroscienceVolume
66Issue
4Pages
547-551Google Scholar check
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Chronic idiopathic axonal polyneuropathy (CIAP) is a disorder with insidious onset and slow progression, where no etiology is identified despite appropriate investigations. We aimed to investigate the role of oxidative stress as a risk factor for the pathogenesis of CIAP. Sera of patients with CIAP were tested for protein carbonyl (PC) and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8H). As a control group, we recruited patients with gluten neuropathy. Twenty-one patients with CIAP and 21 controls were recruited. The two groups did not differ significantly regarding demographics or clinical characteristics (i.e., neuropathy type or disease severity). After adjusting for gender, having CIAP was positively correlated with both the 8H titer (standardized beta coefficient 0.349, p = 0.013) and the PC titer (standardized beta coefficient 0.469, p = 0.001). Oxidative stress appears to be increased in CIAP and might have a role in the pathogenesis of the disease.