title: Enhanced interleukin 1 and depressed interleukin 2 production in juvenile arthritis.
abstract: Blood mononuclear cells from a total of 23 children with juvenile arthritis were stimulated in vitro to produce interleukin 1 (IL-1) and interleukin 2 (IL-2) and compared with age matched healthy controls. Peripheral blood monocytes from patients with juvenile arthritis produced a higher amount of IL-1 than controls, whereas peripheral blood lymphocytes from the same patients produced lower amount of IL-2 than controls. These findings could not be explained by concurrent therapy. The increase of IL-1 production was more marked in patients with active disease and therefore may have been secondary to the pathological process. However, the decrease of IL-2 production did not depend on disease activity, thus suggesting an immunoregulatory abnormality.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001310:Auranofin; D006051:Aurothioglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D006051:Aurothioglucose; D001310:Auranofin