Production of interleukin-10 in serum and erythropoietin sensitivity in ESRD patients on hemodialysis.
One of the clinical consequences of aberrant cytokines production in patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) may be impaired erythropoiesis. To determine the interleukin (IL)-10 levels in ESRD patients on regular hemodialysis (HD) with good and poor response to recombinant human erythropoietin (Epo). Two groups of ESRD-HD patients were evaluated; 48 high epo HD patients and 32 low epo HD patients were evaluated for some laboratory tests and Interleukin-10 by ELISA. The production of IL-10 is decreased in HD with low epo group than high epo group 32.4 +/- 7.9 vs. 45 +/- 6.9 pg/ml (P < 0.001). IL-10 level is well correlated with CRP, ESR, Ferritin, Epo dose, and EPO/Hb ratio in ESRD-HD patients. These findings suggest that IL-10 is playing a part in affecting the response to EPO, even in the absence of any obvious infection or inflammatory condition.
Clinical Pathology and Internal Medicine Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt. fadiamostafa@gmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004920:Erythropoiesis / Q000502:physiology; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016753:Interleukin-10