Table 2.

Inflammatory marker in plasma of controls, MCI, and AD patients.

	TNFα [pg/ml]	RANTES [ng/ml]	IL-1α [pg/ml]	MCP3 [pg/ml]
Control	8.2 ± 1.1 (7)–	10.5 ± 3.2 (14)–	3.1 ± 0.9 (7)–	3.4 ± 1.5 (7)–
MCI	11.4 ± 2.4 (9) ns	10.4 ± 2.8 (18) ns	2.3 ± 0.4 (9) ns	1.5 ± 0.1 (9) ns
AD	10.7 ± 1.8 (12) ns	12.8 ± 4.0 (18) ns	2.5 ± 0.3 (12) ns	2.2 ± 0.3 (12) ns

Plasma was taken from healthy controls, mild cognitive impaired (MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Plasma was analyzed for detection of inflammatory markers (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, TNFα; RANTES; interleukin-1 alpha, IL-1α; monocyte chemotactic protein-3, MCP-3) by SearchLight Multiplex ELISA. Values are given as mean ± SEM pg/ml or ng/ml. The number of analyzed samples is given in parenthesis. Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA. ns, not significant.