Evaluation of serum ghrelin, nesfatin-1, irisin, and vasoactive intestinal peptide levels in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with and without drug resistance: a cross-sectional study

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Erkeç Ö. E., Milanlıoğlu A., Kömüroğlü A. U., Kara M., Huyut Z., Keskin S.

REVISTA DA ASSOCIACAO MEDICA BRASILEIRA, cilt.67, sa.2, ss.207-212, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1590/1806-9282.67.02.20200521
  • Dergi Adı: REVISTA DA ASSOCIACAO MEDICA BRASILEIRA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.207-212
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ghrelin, Neuropeptides, Drug resistant epilepsy, Vasoactive intestinal peptide, THERAPEUTIC TARGETS, NEUROPEPTIDES, HIPPOCAMPUS, DEFINITION, RECEPTORS
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy is a common disorder that affects the nervous systems of 1% of worldwide population. In epilepsy, one-third of patients are unresponsive to current drug therapies and develop drug-resistant epilepsy. Alterations in ghrelin, nesfatin-1, and irisin levels with epilepsy were reported in previous studies. Vasoactive intestinal peptide is among the most common neuropeptides in the hippocampus, which is the focus of the seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy. However, there is also lack of evidence of whether these four neuropeptide levels are altered with drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy or not. The aim herein was the evaluation of the serum levels of nesfatin-1, ghrelin, irisin, and Vasoactive intestinal peptide in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy patients and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) without drug resistance, and to compare them to healthy controls.