IL-2, IL-6 and IL-8 levels remain unaltered in the course of immunosuppressive therapy after renal transplantation.

Autor: Rysz, Jacek, Kocur, Eugeniusz, Blaszczak, Robert, Bartnicki, Piotr, Stolarek, Robert, Piechota, Mariusz
Zdroj: Central European Journal of Medicine; Jun2008, Vol. 3 Issue 2, p199-202, 4p
Abstrakt: Cytokines regulate the immune reactions elicited by renal transplantation (RT). This study was designed to investigate the blood serum levels of IL-2, IL-6, IL-8 in 25 RT patients (10 female and 15 male, mean 5.4±2.7 yrs after RT) three times over a six-month period during standard immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine A, azathioprine and prednisolone. The levels of IL-2, IL-6 and IL-8 were tested with ELISA Quantikine Human Interleukin Immunoassay (R&D Systems, detection level 7,0.7 and 10 pg/cm3, respectively). There was no significant alternation of blood serum levels of IL-2, IL-6 and IL-8 in the study patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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