title: Increased serum interleukin-10 level in Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Serum IL-10 level in Kawasaki disease(KD) was tested. In the KD patients' sera during the acute phase, the levels of IL-10 were markedly elevated (122.0 +/- 39.1 pg/ml) compared to 3.7 +/- 1.7 pg/ml in the control subjects (p < 0.001). The serum IL-10 levels remained elevated in the subacute phase (16. 7 +/- 9.7 pg/ml, p < 0.001) and were restored to the normal levels(7.9 +/- 3.9 pg/ml) during the convalescent phase. In the patients with acute febrile disease, the serum IL-10 level increased significantly (34.4 +/- 14.1 pg/ml, p < 0.001) compared to that of the age-matched control subjects, but were not as high as in acute phase of KD(p < 0.005). This increase in serum IL-10 levels in KD may contribute to the up-regulation of humoral immunity and to the down-regulation of acute inflammation due to an increase in proinflammatory cytokines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood*; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000097:blood; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12; D015847:Interleukin-4