title: Inflammatory mediators in Chinese patients with congestive heart failure.
abstract: In this study, circulating levels of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediators are studied in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in China. Sixty-five patients with CHF and 32 control subjects are studied. The proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in plasma are determined by immunoradiometric assay kits. Catecholamine (CA) in plasma is evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography. Plasma levels of IL-6, IL-10, TNF-alpha, ANP, BNP, and CA in CHF patients are significantly higher than those in control subjects. Patients in a higher New York Heart Association (NYHA) class show higher concentrations of inflammatory mediators than those in a lower NYHA class, although the ratio of plasma IL-10 to TNF-alpha in patients with CHF is significantly lower than in the control group. It is concluded that proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels are increased and IL-10/TNF-alpha is decreased in Chinese patients with CHF.
authors.affiliation: Research Division of Clinical Pharmacology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. wangyq999@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Yongqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Xinzheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: Xinli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000097:blood*; D002681:China; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000097:blood*; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D016207:Cytokines; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D015850:Interleukin-6; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D016753:Interleukin-10; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor