title: Potential biomarker of coal workers' pneumoconiosis.
abstract: It is well known that various cytokines and growth factors secreted from macrophages/monocytes play the key role in the pathogenesis of pneumoconiosis. These can act as biosensors for the prediction of pneumoconiosis. To evaluate which cytokines can be used as sensitive biomarkers in pneumoconiosis, we measured tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and platelet-derived growth factor-AA (PDGF-AA) in supernatant of monocytes with or without coal dust (5 mg/ml) and serum in 42 coal miners with pneumoconiosis and ten healthy control. The coal-stimulated release of TNF-alpha and IL-8 from blood monocytes was significant increased in pneumoconiosis patients compared with controls. The level of TNF-alpha and IL-8 in blood serum was higher in subjects with pneumoconiosis than in controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. kakim@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003031:Coal; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008906:Mining; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000032:analysis; D011009:Pneumoconiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D003031:Coal; D004391:Dust; D016209:Interleukin-8; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C075278:platelet-derived growth factor A