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Abstract
Aim: To evaluate inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β, 8, 6, soluble IL-6 receptors (sIL-6R) and fragmented cytokeratin-18 (FCK-18) as indicators of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Materials and methods: 173 NASH patients aged 47.0±10.8 years were examined: 118 (68.2%) - men, 55 (31.8%) - women. The following markers were determined: TNF-α (Human TNFα Platinum ELISA, eBioscience, Austria), IL-1β, 8, 6 (Vector-Best, Russia), sIL-6R (Human sIL-6R ELISA, eBioscience, Austria), FCK-18 (TPS ELISA, Biotech, Sweden), insulin (Insulin TEST System, USA), HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance) and NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) were calculated.
Results: The highest level in NASH patients compared with healthy individuals was observed for IL-6 - 8.4±1.6 pg/ml versus 2.8±0.9 pg/ml (p=0.001), FCK-18 - 295.3±56.3 U/l versus 110.5±30.2 U/l (p=0.0001), then IL-8 - 17.3±6.7 pg/ml vs 7.6±1.9 pg/ml (p=0.003), TNF-α - 6.3±0.4 pg/ml versus 4.1±0.8 pg/ml (p=0.0001), sIL-6R - 151.5±21.2 ng/ml vs 95.9±12.5 ng/ml (p<0.05); IL-1β did not change - 5.3±1.4 pg/ml versus 4.7±1.5 pg/ml (p=0.3) respectively. FCK-18 showed the highest correlations with TNF-α (r=0.73), HOMA-IR (r=0.73), alanine aminotransferase (r=0.71), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r=0.23), IL-6 (r=0.22); p<0.05. TNF-α correlated with FCK-18 (r=0.73), cholesterol (r=0.61), albumin (r=-0.42), fibrinogen (r=0.21), leukocyte count (r=0.21); p<0.05. IL-8 correlated with triglycerides (r=0.79) and HDL (r=-0.77), IL-6 - with NFS (r=0.63) and FCK-18 (r=0.22), rIL-6R - with aspartate aminotransferase (r=0.62); p<0.05.
Conclusion: TNF-α, IL-8, 6, sIL-6R and FCK-18 should be used as non-invasive biomarkers of NASH.
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Терапевтический архив
The journal was founded by the prominent Russian therapists M.P. Konchalovsky and G.F. Lang in 1923. Then its editors-in-chief were Professors V.N. Vinogradov and A.G. Gukasyan. Since 1972, E.I. Chazov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been heading the editorial board of the journal.
Over 90 years, there have been more than 1000 issues where the authors and editorial staff have done their best for readers to keep abreast of current advances in medical science and practice and for physicians to master the advanced principles of recognition and treatment of a wide spectrum of visceral diseases.
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