title: [The cytokine profile in patients with acute viral hepatitis B and C].
abstract: The plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, and IL-6, and IL-10 were studied in 46 patients with acute viral hepatitis B and in 18 patients with acute viral hepatitis C at the peak of the disease during early and late convalescence. There was a significant increase in the levels of IL-1 beta and IL-6 and a reduction in the concentrations of IL-10, which was most evident at the peak of the disease in patients with acute viral hepatitis C as compared with those with hepatitis B.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: R Kh
authors.initials: RKh
authors.lastname: Zhemukhova
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood*; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000097:blood*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016753:Interleukin-10