Cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 in progressive neuro-Behcet's syndrome
Cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 in progressive neuro-Behcet's syndrome
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DOI:
10.1006/clin.1996.4268
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发表时间:
1997-01-01
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Hashimoto, T
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Hirohata, S;Isshi, K;Hashimoto, T
Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in Behcet's disease, usually called neuro-Behcet's syndrome (NB), is one of the most serious complications of the disease. The present study examined cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) interleukin-6 (IL-6) activity in patients with NE to explore its relevance to the progressive CNS disease. Paired CSF and serum specimens were obtained from 11 patients who were diagnosed as having progressive NE based on careful clinical observation and from 11 patients with active Behcet's disease but lacking progressive CNS disease. IL-6 levels in the CSF and sera were determined using IL-6-dependent murine hybridoma MH60.BSF2 cells. All 11 patients with progressive NE showed marked elevation of CSF IL-6 activity [0.18-3.90 U/ml, 1.19 +/- 1.18 (mean +/- SD) normal range,