Numerous interleukins have been found elevated in CSF and/or blood from ALS patients compared to the levels measured in controls and/or patients with other non-inflammatory neurological disorders (OND): IL-1Ra, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, IL-17A, IL-18 and IL-21 [26,47,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70] (Table 1). Here, IL13 is linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.