“…In essence, systemic pro-inflammatory responses in MCI/AD may serve to propagate tissue injury and potentially drive the progression of neurodegeneration via their transport across the blood–brain barrier. The significantly elevated serum levels of IL-1β, IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, IL-13, IL-17a, eotaxin, MIP-1α, PDGF-bb, RANTES, and TNF-α detected herein corresponded with previous reports [ 35 , 43 , 44 , 51 , 58 , 64 , 92 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 ], linking the augmented expression of systemic inflammatory markers to early-stage neurodegeneration.…”