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pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-7-3
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pubmed:abstractText |
This study was aimed to investigate the correlation between the serum levels of IL-18 and acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) in patients received allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), and to explore the role of serum IL-18 levels in the pathogenesis of aGVHD so as to provide a reliable and early indicator for the diagnosis of aGVHD. 62 patients received allo-HSCT were enrolled in this study. Before and after transplantation, as well as at onset of aGVHD. The serum levels of IL-18 were analyzed by ELISA. 62 patients were divided into 5 groups: group A without aGVHD (28 cases) referred to the patients who had no aGVHD after transplantation and whose specimen were collected before transplantation; group B with aGVHD before transplantation (34 cases) referred to the patients who had aGVHD after transplantation and whose specimen were collected before transplantation; group C before the onset of aGVHD (34 cases) referred to patients with I - II grade a GVHD whose specimen were collected before 3 - 4 days, and according to whether the I - II grade aGVHD patients developed III - IV grade or not after treatment, these patients were divided into two subgroups retrospectively, one subgroup had good curative effect (18 cases) and the other subgroup had not (16 cases); group D with I - II grade aGVHD; group E with III - IV grade aGVHD (16 cases). The results showed that 34 patients developed I - II grade aGVHD, then out of them 16 patients (16/34) developed III - IV grade aGVHD. The serum levels of IL-18 in these patients with aGVHD were higher than that in patients without aGVHD. About 3 days before onset of aGVHD, the serum levels of IL-18 started to increase. The serum levels of IL-18 were correlated with the severity of aGVHD, but no correlation was found with infection, conditioning regimens and disparity of HLA-typing. The serum levels of IL-18 in the early stage of aGVHD were correlated with prognosis. The aGVHD of patients with higher serum levels of IL-18 easy developed to III - IV grade aGVHD. It is concluded that the serum level of IL-18 in the patients received allo-HSCT is related to the occurrence of aGVHD. Detections of serum IL-18 are helpful for the early diagnosis of aGVHD, and the serum levels of IL-18 may be considered as a reliable indicator to evaluate the prognosis and severity of aGVHD.
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pubmed:language |
chi
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
1009-2137
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
15
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
553-7
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Graft vs Host Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Interleukin-18,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Leukemia,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:17605864-Young Adult
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pubmed:year |
2007
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pubmed:articleTitle |
[Correlation between serum levels of IL-18 and acute graft versus host disease in patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation].
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pubmed:affiliation |
Institute of Hematology, People Hospital, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China. lscm2@yahoo.com
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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