title: Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and interferon alpha in children with viral hepatitis.
abstract: To investigate the cellular immunological changes in children with viral hepatitis, interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), interferon alpha (IFN alpha), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) in supernatant of cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 49 children with hepatitis A, B or C were measured. The levels of IL-6, IL-8, TNF alpha in PBMCs of the 3 viral hepatitis groups were increased and the level of IFN alpha decreased as compared with those of normal control group. But there were no significant differences among the 3 viral hepatitis groups. It was concluded that cellular immunological disorders were related to the onset and the induced damage of the viral hepatitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000097:blood; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000097:blood; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000097:blood*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha