title: Profile of cerebrospinal fluid and serum cytokines in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a correlation with clinical activity.
abstract: Levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of 29 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) of the relapsing-remitting type and of 20 controls with other non inflammatory neurological diseases were studied. Sixteen patients were in the active phase of disease and 13 in remission. In CSF, higher IL-10 and TGF-beta concentrations were found in patients with a stable phase of MS, while in the active phase there were elevated levels of TNF-alpha and GM-CSF. These results suggest that a different cytokine pattern could be probably involved in the pathogenesis of relapsing-remitting MS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Italy. carrieri@unina.it
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Carrieri
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Provitera
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tartaglia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gorga
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Perrella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000276:immunology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor