Serum concentrations of interleukin-5 and the production of lymphocytes in reactive eosinophilia.
The concentrations of interleukin-5 (IL-5) in serum and in IL-2-stimulated lymphocyte culture medium (L-IL2-CM) prepared from patients with reactive eosinophilia were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The serum IL-5 concentration was increased in 16 of 34 cases. The concentrations of IL-5 in L-IL2-CM were increased in 8 of 21 patients.
Koike
T
T
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Enokihara
H
H
Arimura
H
H
Haruyama
M
M
Tsuruoka
N
N
Tsujimoto
M
M
Aoyagi
M
M
Watanabe
K
K
Nakamura
Y
Y
Saitou
K
K
D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
D007376:Interleukin-2; D015848:Interleukin-5