CYTOKINES AND MALARIA - STUDY ON TUMOR-NE CROSIS-FACTOR-ALPHA, INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA, INTERLEUKIN-6 AND SOLUBLE INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR IN 28 PATIENTS

Authors
NICOLAS P HOVETTE P MEROUZE F TOUZE JE MARTET G
Citation
P. Nicolas et al., CYTOKINES AND MALARIA - STUDY ON TUMOR-NE CROSIS-FACTOR-ALPHA, INTERLEUKIN-1-BETA, INTERLEUKIN-6 AND SOLUBLE INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR IN 28 PATIENTS, Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 87(2), 1994, pp. 91-96
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
87
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
91 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1994)87:2<91:CAM-SO>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Authors have studied TNF alpha, IL1 beta, IL6 and RIL2s in 28 malaria illness patients. Increased levels of TNF, IL1 beta and RIL2s in serum , are observed on admission to hospital. These cytokine levels are dec reased, eight days later, after patients are treated. In discussion, T NF levels as a prognosis component is evocated.