Ueno Y, Suzuki H, Kobayashi K, Miura M, Toyota T
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai.
Tohoku J Exp Med. 1990 Jun;161(2):157-8. doi: 10.1620/tjem.161.157.
To elucidate the role of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) in chronic hepatitis type C (CH(C], TNF alpha and IL-1 beta released from peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured in 6 CH(C) patients before and during interferon therapy. During the therapy, TNF-alpha levels were significantly high in two patients whose serum ALT levels turned normal, while IL-1 beta levels did not show significant change. These results suggest that TNF-alpha takes part in improvement of CH(C).
为阐明肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)和白细胞介素1β(IL-1β)在丙型慢性肝炎(CHC)中的作用,对6例CHC患者在干扰素治疗前及治疗期间外周血单个核细胞释放的TNF-α和IL-1β进行了检测。治疗期间,血清ALT水平恢复正常的2例患者TNF-α水平显著升高,而IL-1β水平无明显变化。这些结果提示TNF-α参与了CHC的病情改善。