[Changes to IFN-γ and IP-10 in the arterial blood of premature infants before and after mechanical ventilation].
OBJECTIVE
This study examined changes to pro-inflammatory cytokine IFN-γ and chemokine IP-10 in the arterial blood of premature infants before and after mechanical ventilation, with the aim of exploring possible mechanisms of ventilation-induced lung injury.


METHODS
Twenty-three neonates requiring mechanical ventilation were enrolled in this study. Arterial blood samples were collected for measuring IFN-γ and IP-10 levels using ELISA before and 4 hours after mechanical ventilation.


RESULTS
Blood IFN-γ and IP-10 increased significantly from 59 ± 40 pg/mL and 130 ± 67 pg/mL respectively before mechanical ventilation to 105 ± 54 pg/mL and 220 ± 80 pg/mL respectively after 4 hours of mechanical ventilation (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Serum IFN-γ and IP-10 levels increase after mechanical ventilation, suggesting that both may participate in the immune-inflammatory process of ventilation-induced lung injury.
Department of Neonatology, West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Min
M
Li
Ying
Y
Xiong
De-Zhi
DZ
Mu
Hua
H
Wang
D054357:Chemokine CXCL10 / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000097:blood* / Q000502:physiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D055397:Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury / Q000209:etiology
D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D007371:Interferon-gamma