[The role of IL-6 in the development of morphological changes in renal tissue in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by diabetic nephropathy].

Studies in recent years suggest a role for inflammation, proinflammatory cytokines in particular, the development of microvascular complications of diabetes, including nephropathy. We investigated the expression of IL-6 in the biopsy tissue kidneys (in glomeruli and interstitium) in 24 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by diabetic nephropathy. The significant influence of intrarenal expression of IL-6 on the development of morphological (glomerular and tubulointerstitial) changes in renal tissue in patients with diabetic nephropathy is shown.