title: [Cytokines and the liver].
abstract: The cytokines are proteins synthetized by lymphoid and monocyte/macrophage system cells in response to a wide variety of infectious stimulus, featuring bacterial endotoxins. These proteins have immunoregulatory effects and have been implicated in inflammation and fibrosis. In this review we refer to the interleukin-1, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor because of their elevated basal levels in acute and chronic hepatopaties and in response to lipopolisacharide mainly in alcoholic liver disease.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Gastroenterología, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan, C.P. 14000 México, DF.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kershenobich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borovoy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Male
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcocer
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D019446:Endotoxemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000503:physiopathology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000502:physiology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000502:physiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; C508600:IL6 protein, human; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha