title: Measurement of the bioactivity of interleukin and tumour necrosis factor in synovial fluid of Kashin-Beck disease.
abstract: We studied the bioactivity of interleukin (IL-1) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) in the synovial fluid of 12 patients with Kashin-Beck disease (KBD), 8 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and 8 normal controls. C57 female mouse T cell proliferation method was used to test the bioactivity of IL-1, and lethality method with L929 cells to test the bioactivity of TNF. The bioactivities of IL-1 and TNF in the synovial fluid from patients with KBD were higher than those in the synovial fluid of osteoarthritis and normal controls, indicating the participation of IL-1 and TNF in the pathogenesis of KBD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the First Hospital of the West China University of Medical Science, Chengdu, SiChuan, PR China. tfyang@yeah.net
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha