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Interleukin-18 levels reflect the severity of acute pancreatitis
- Source :
- International Congress Series. 1255:167-171
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2003.
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Abstract
- To examine the influence of interleukin (IL)-18 in acute pancreatitis from the points of view of the severity of the disease, presence of the complication of MODF and the prognosis, 17 patients with acute pancreatitis were enlisted. The IL-18 and TNF-α levels in the serum were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The levels of IL-18 were 4.3±5.3 pg/ml in the mild group, 18.7±67.1 pg/ml in the moderate group, and 269.6±2482.1 pg/ml in the severe group. The IL-18 levels increased significantly, corresponding to the severity of the disease. The group in which the complication of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) developed showed significantly higher IL-18 levels than that in which this complication did not develop. The IL-18 levels in the survivor group were 132.0±130.7 pg/ml, and those in the nonsurvivor group were 3028.6±480.8 pg/ml, the levels being significantly higher in the nonsurvivor group. Significant correlations were observed between the maximum serum IL-18 and TNF-α levels. Significant correlations were observed between the total bilirubin and IL-18 levels. The results suggest that IL-18 may be used as a good indicator of severity of acute pancreatitis and that involved in the development of liver dysfunction in acute pancreatitis.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Bilirubin
Interleukin
General Medicine
Disease
medicine.disease
Gastroenterology
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Internal medicine
Immunology
Medicine
Acute pancreatitis
Interleukin 18
Liver dysfunction
business
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Complication
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 05315131
- Volume :
- 1255
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Congress Series
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f233aee430370f21e16c2a5bf0d655fd