title: Prognostic value of serum IL-10 and soluble IL-2 receptor levels in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: We investigated the prognostic significance of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2r) levels in the pretreatment serum of 105 individuals with newly-diagnosed aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Commercially available enzyme-linked immunoassay kits were used for cytokine and receptor measurements. Detectable levels of IL-10 were found in 42 (40%) patients at diagnosis, with no correlation with clinico-haematological parameters, but in no control samples (P < 0.001). Pretreatment concentrations of sIL-2r were markedly increased in individuals with NHL when compared to controls (2614 +/- 893 U/ml v 219 +/- 65 U/ml, P < 0.001), patients with stage III/IV presenting higher values than those with stage II disease (3885 +/- 1196 U/ml v 1732 +/- 646 U/ml, P < 0.001). No single parameter was associated with the achievement of complete remission, but the combination of elevated IL-10 and of sIL-2r greater than 3000 U/ml selected a subset of patients with a high probability of failing induction therapy (P < 0.001). Life-table analysis also indicated that patients with these characteristics have a significantly shorter event-free survival. In a multivariate analysis the combination of IL-10 with sIL-2r was found to have greater predictive strength than the combination of IL-10 with beta 2-microglobulin. We conclude that IL-10 and sIL-2r measurements can be expected to improve existing methods of risk assignment in aggressive NHL.
authors: Department of Haematology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Stasi
authors: P L
authors: PL
authors: Zinzani
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Galieni
authors: V M
authors: VM
authors: Lauta
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Damasio
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Dispensa
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Dammacco
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Papa
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D012008:Recurrence; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D016753:Interleukin-10