Kawabata Hiroshi, Tomosugi Naohisa, Kanda Junya, Tanaka Yasuhiro, Yoshizaki Kazuyuki, Uchiyama Takashi
Haematologica. 2007 Jun;92(6):857-8. doi: 10.3324/haematol.10794.
We report two cases of multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) whose serum hepcidin levels were rapidly down-regulated by administration of tocilizumab, an anti- interleukin 6 (IL-6) receptor antibody. Our results indicate that IL-6-induced hepcidin over-production may be involved in the pathophysiology of microcytic anemia commonly observed in this disease.
我们报告了两例多中心Castleman病(MCD)患者,其血清铁调素水平通过使用抗白细胞介素6(IL-6)受体抗体托珠单抗而迅速下调。我们的结果表明,IL-6诱导的铁调素过度产生可能参与了该疾病中常见的小细胞贫血的病理生理过程。