title: Spontaneus productions of interleukins in patients with the first diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: The authors showed in the article an analysis related to the level of spontaneous products of IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-12, gamma-IFN in blood serum of patients with first diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis in comparison with healthy donors who have a negative and hyper reaction to a Mantous skin test. It was found out the decrease in the level of gamma-IFN in patients with tuberculosis of lungs and healthy patients with a hyper reaction to a Mantous skin test. The lowest production of IL-1 was found out in patients with local tuberculosis, the greatest - in patients with infiltrative lung tuberculosis. The authors have not found out dependence of the level of probed interleukin on the form of tuberculosis process in lungs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Lung Diseases of National Medical University.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Petrenko
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Varchenko
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Stopolyanskij
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Malinovska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007378:Interleukins