Objective: To study the potential role of macrophagemigration inhibitory factor (MIF), tumor necrosisfactor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in thedevelopment of chronic virus hepatitis B (CH) andhepatitis cirrhos...Objective: To study the potential role of macrophagemigration inhibitory factor (MIF), tumor necrosisfactor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in thedevelopment of chronic virus hepatitis B (CH) andhepatitis cirrhosis (HC).Methods: The serum concentrations of MIF, TNF-αand IL-6 in 18 patients with chronic virus hepatitis Band in 14 patients with hepatitis cirrhosis without as-citic fluid, and the serum and ascites cytokine con-centrations in 22 HC patients with ascitic fluid weredetected by enzyme linked immunity sorbed assay.Results: The cytokine concentrations of the patientswere significantly higher than those of the controls.The serum levels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 of the 22patients with ascitic fluid were higer than those of 14HC patients without ascites. In the 18 patients withCH, the serum cytokine concentrations were the low-est. The serum cytokine concentrations of the 22 HCpatients with ascites were significantly higher thanthose of the 14 HC patients without ascites (P【0. 01). Their serum cytokine concentrations were sig-nificantly higher than those in the 18 patients withCH (P【0. 01). The concentration of IL-6 in asciteswas the highest among all the groups. The serum le-vels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 are correlated with al-anine aminotransferase (ALT) in the patients withCH, but not in those with HC with or without asci-tes.Conclusions: These results indicated that MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 may participate in the pathologicalprocess of CH and cirrhosis, that IL-6 seems to playan important role in ascites formation, and that se-rum levels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 appear to reflectthe severity of tissue injury in HBV disease.展开更多
文摘Objective: To study the potential role of macrophagemigration inhibitory factor (MIF), tumor necrosisfactor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in thedevelopment of chronic virus hepatitis B (CH) andhepatitis cirrhosis (HC).Methods: The serum concentrations of MIF, TNF-αand IL-6 in 18 patients with chronic virus hepatitis Band in 14 patients with hepatitis cirrhosis without as-citic fluid, and the serum and ascites cytokine con-centrations in 22 HC patients with ascitic fluid weredetected by enzyme linked immunity sorbed assay.Results: The cytokine concentrations of the patientswere significantly higher than those of the controls.The serum levels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 of the 22patients with ascitic fluid were higer than those of 14HC patients without ascites. In the 18 patients withCH, the serum cytokine concentrations were the low-est. The serum cytokine concentrations of the 22 HCpatients with ascites were significantly higher thanthose of the 14 HC patients without ascites (P【0. 01). Their serum cytokine concentrations were sig-nificantly higher than those in the 18 patients withCH (P【0. 01). The concentration of IL-6 in asciteswas the highest among all the groups. The serum le-vels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 are correlated with al-anine aminotransferase (ALT) in the patients withCH, but not in those with HC with or without asci-tes.Conclusions: These results indicated that MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 may participate in the pathologicalprocess of CH and cirrhosis, that IL-6 seems to playan important role in ascites formation, and that se-rum levels of MIF, TNF-α and IL-6 appear to reflectthe severity of tissue injury in HBV disease.
