| Autor: |
Matsuno O; Department of Internal Medicine, Usuki Cosmos Hospital, Usuki, Oita 875-0051, Japan. matsuno@oita-med.ac.jp, Okubo F, Masutomo K, Yoshida F, Okubo T, Miyazaki E, Kumamoto T |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine [Tohoku J Exp Med] 2003 Sep; Vol. 201 (1), pp. 61-5. |
| DOI: |
10.1620/tjem.201.61 |
| Abstrakt: |
Activated soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels are elevated in a variety of diseases associated with T-cell activation. There are no reports of sIL-2R elevations in broncholitis obliterans organizing pneumonia/cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (BOOP/COP), although activated T cells are increased in BOOP/COP. We present a patient with BOOP/COP with an elevated concentration of soluble IL-2 receptors in both serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Concomitant resolution of the high serum sIL-2R and the roentogenographic findings after steroid treatment suggested that serum sIL-2R levels increase in response to a localized lymphocytic inflammatory reaction in the lung. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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