An inhibitor of the toxicity of tumour necrosis factor in the serum of patients with sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and Crohn's disease
| Autor: | Graham A. W. Rook, N M Foley, N M Johnson, M. McNICOL, Claude Lambert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Male Systemic disease Tuberculosis Necrosis Sarcoidosis Cell Survival medicine.medical_treatment Immunology Inflammation Crohn Disease medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Tuberculosis Pulmonary Aged Dose-Response Relationship Drug Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Cytokine Toxicity Female Tumor necrosis factor alpha medicine.symptom business Acute-Phase Proteins Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1365-2249 0009-9104 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1990.tb03299.x |
| Popis: | SUMMARY The activated macrophages present in the T cell-dependent granulomata of sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are primed for enhanced release of cytokines including tumour necrosis factor (TNF or cachectin). Release of this cytokine can induce an acute-phase response, fever, and necrosis in suitably prepared sites of inflammation; if chronic, its presence may contribute to weight loss. These clinical features are characteristic of tuberculosis, but not of sarcoidosis, though alveolar macrophages from both diseases release large quantities of TNF in vitro. We therefore postulated the presence in sarcoidosis patients of an inhibitor of TNF. We have studied levels of TNF inhibitory activity by determining the quantity of TNF required to give 50% kill of 1929 cells in the presence of 20% heat-inactivated serum derived from various disease states (37 sarcoidosis, 13 tuberculosis, 13 Crohn's disease. 17 healthy donors). Normal sera used in this way do not inhibit significantly, but inhibition of TNF loxicity is caused by most sera from both sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. Used at 20%, five out of 37 sarcoidosis sera and one out of 13 tuberculosis sera caused complete inhibition of TNF, even when the latter was added at 100 times the concentration required to give 50% kill in control wells. This inhibitor may have an important physiological role. |
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