title: Elevated serum interleukin 1 receptors and interleukin 1B in patients with Behçet's disease: correlations with disease activity and severity.
abstract: Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (SIL-2R) and interleukin 1-B (IL-1B) levels in peripheral blood were assayed by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent method in 25 patients with Behçet's disease and in 20 healthy controls. Eighteen patients suffered from active Behçet's disease and 6 patients had severe disease manifestations. SIL-2R levels were followed for a period of 16 months and were correlated with disease activity. In all the patients with Behçet's disease the levels of SIL-2R and IL-1B were significantly higher than their control, 958 +/- 712 vs. 404 +/- 119 u/ml (P < 0.001) for SIL-2R and 639 +/- 741 vs. 59 +/- 53 pg/ml (P < 0.001) for IL-1B. No correlation was found between disease activity and severity and the levels of SIL-2R and IL-1B. It is suggested that levels of SIL-2R and IL-1B are elevated in patients with Behçet's disease but do not serve as disease activity markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yosipovitch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shohat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bshara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wysenbeek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000097:blood*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2