Common anti-inflammatory medication Cosentyx (secukinumab), an antibody against IL-17, seems to prevent the death of nerve cells

[dadcor]

parkinsonsnewstoday.com/201...

[jeffreyn]

Thanks for posting this, dadcor.

ScienceDaily also did an article about this research, and that article was discussed in the following thread:

healthunlocked.com/parkinso...

Note that this research is focused on a (possible) role for the adaptive immune system in the cause of neurodegeneration in PD.

The innate immune system is also thought to (possibly) play a role in the cause of neurodegeneration in PD, and this is discussed in the following AlzForum article:

alzforum.org/news/research-...

[jeffreyn]

The SoPD blog has also done a post on this research:

scienceofparkinsons.com/201...