XIONG Wan,LIU Yu,CHEN Qiong,WU Yang.Changes of serum cytokines and their clinical significance in infants with cytomegalovirus infection[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(07):623-625.
XIONG Wan,LIU Yu,CHEN Qiong,WU Yang.Changes of serum cytokines and their clinical significance in infants with cytomegalovirus infection[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(07):623-625.DOI:
Changes of serum cytokines and their clinical significance in infants with cytomegalovirus infection
Objective To investigate the changes of serum cytokines and explore their role in infants with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. Methods We recruited 41 positive CMV-IgM plus normal ALT infants (other disease group)
30 positive CMV-IgM plus abnormal ALT infants (hepatitis group) and 30 healthy infants (control group) in the study. The levels of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)
interferon-γ(IFN-γ) and interleukin-4 (IL-4) in serum were measured with ELISA. The association between TNF-α and ALT was analyzed. Results The
levels of TNF-α
IFN-γ
IL-4 were higher
and IFN-γ/IL-4 was significantly lower in the two CMV infection groups than the control group. Compared with other disease group
the changes of TNF-α
IL-4
and IFN-γ/IL-4 showed significance in hepatitis group. The level of TNF-α showed a positive association with ALT in hepatitis group(r=0.76,P0.01)
but IFN-γ increased slightly in both groups. Conclusion Abnormal cytokines secretion is corroborated in CMV-infected infants exhibited by the high levels of TNF-α as well as a close correlation with the inflammation extent. The changes of IFN-γ/IL-4 suggest the imbalance of Th
1
/Th
2
induced by the abnormal elevation of Th
2
. The conclusion will provide the immunological basis to clarify the pathogenesis of CMV infection and improve the prevention and cure measures.