title: [Concentration of selected cytokines associated with monocytes/macrophages in serum of patients with different clinical stages of pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Monocytes/macrophages are the main effector cells as well as the essential elements in granuloma formation in tuberculosis. Serum concentration of some cytokines connected with monocytes/macrophages like IL-12, MCP-1, TNF-alpha i sTNFRI was assessed in patients with advanced bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (I group) and in those with minimal tb changes, usually without clinical signs of the disease, and sputum smear-negative (II group). We found that patients from group I had significantly higher concentration of IL-12 and sTNFRI and lower level of MCP-1 in comparison to group II. Significant difference between groups of patients with tuberculosis and the control group was found only while assessing serum concentration of TNFRI.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Ftizjopneumonologii IMW AM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zieba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuźmińska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000097:blood; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000097:blood; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000097:blood; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood* / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016207:Cytokines; D011506:Proteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1; D018664:Interleukin-12