Infections, inflammation and epilepsy

A Vezzani, RS Fu**ami, HS White, PM Preux… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Epilepsy is the tendency to have unprovoked epileptic seizures. Anything causing structural
or functional derangement of brain physiology may lead to seizures, and different conditions …

Advances in the development of biomarkers for epilepsy

A Pitkänen, W Löscher, A Vezzani, AJ Becker… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Over 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. In nearly 30% of these cases, epilepsy
remains unsatisfactorily controlled despite the availability of over 20 antiepileptic drugs …

Epilepsy biomarkers–toward etiology and pathology specificity

A Pitkänen, XE Ndode-Ekane, N Lapinlampi… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A biomarker is a characteristic that is measured as an indicator of normal biologic
processes, pathogenic processes, or responses to an exposure or intervention, including …

MicroRNAs as regulators of brain function and targets for treatment of epilepsy

GP Brennan, DC Henshall - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Seizures result from hypersynchronous, abnormal firing of neuronal populations and are the
primary clinical symptom of the epilepsies. Brain tissue from animal models and patients …

High mobility group box-1 and blood–brain barrier disruption

M Nishibori, D Wang, D Ousaka, H Wake - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence suggests that inflammatory responses are involved in the progression
of brain injuries induced by a diverse range of insults, including ischemia, hemorrhage …

Epilepsy biomarkers

J Engel Jr, A Pitkänen, JA Loeb, F Edward Dudek… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A biomarker is defined as an objectively measured characteristic of a normal or pathologic
biologic process. Identification and proper validation of biomarkers of epileptogenesis (the …

Identification of clinically relevant biomarkers of epileptogenesis—a strategic roadmap

M Simonato, DV Agoston, A Brooks-Kayal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Onset of many forms of epilepsy occurs after an initial epileptogenic insult or as a result of an
identified genetic defect. Given that the precipitating insult is known, these epilepsies are, in …

Role of inflammation in epilepsy and neurobehavioral comorbidities: Implication for therapy

YN Paudel, MF Shaikh, S Shah, Y Kumari… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is a devastating condition affecting around 70 million people worldwide. Moreover,
the quality of life of people with epilepsy (PWE) is worsened by a series of comorbidities …

Imaging blood–brain barrier dysfunction as a biomarker for epileptogenesis

G Bar-Klein, S Lublinsky, L Kamintsky, I Noyman… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
A biomarker that will enable the identification of patients at high-risk for develo** post-
injury epilepsy is critically required. Microvascular pathology and related blood–brain barrier …

Biomarkers for epileptogenesis and its treatment

J Engel Jr, A Pitkänen - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
There are no pharmacological interventions to prevent the development of epilepsy,
although many promising compounds have been identified in the animal laboratory. Clinical …