[DYNAMICS OF CYTOKINES IN INFANTS WITH ACUTE OBSTRUCTIVE BRONCHITIS AND THYMOMEGALIA]

Lik Sprava. 2015 Jan-Mar:(1-2):81-5.
[Article in Ukrainian]

Abstract

The article contains the information about pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in infants with acute obstructive bronchitis and thymus hypertrophy. The content of IL-6 and IL-10 has been de- termined in 101 children in acute period of disease and during early convalescence. It was found the increasing of production of proinflammatory IL-6 and a low level of anti-inflammatory IL-10 in the first days of illness in all children with thymomegalia. During convalescence in patients with acute obstructive bronchitis and thymomegalia IL-6 level was decreasing, and the level of IL-10 was in- creasing, but it did not amount to the level of healthy children.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Bronchitis / blood*
  • Bronchitis / complications
  • Bronchitis / immunology
  • Bronchitis / pathology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Convalescence
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy / blood*
  • Hypertrophy / complications
  • Hypertrophy / immunology
  • Hypertrophy / pathology
  • Infant
  • Interleukin-10 / blood*
  • Interleukin-6 / blood*
  • Lung / immunology
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Thymus Gland / immunology
  • Thymus Gland / metabolism
  • Thymus Gland / pathology

Substances

  • IL10 protein, human
  • IL6 protein, human
  • Interleukin-6
  • Interleukin-10