IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - STUDY OF IL-2, SIL-2R, AND GAMMA-IFN LEVELS IN SERUM AND CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID
IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - STUDY OF IL-2, SIL-2R, AND GAMMA-IFN LEVELS IN SERUM AND CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-510x(89)90171-8
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发表时间:
1989-08-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
TAVOLATO, B
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作者:
GALLO, P;PICCINNO, MG;TAVOLATO, B
Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2), soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R), and gamma-interferon (.gamma.-IFN) were measured in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients and normal controls (NC). Increased levels of both IL-2 and sIL-2R were found in MS serum. Moreover, 11 of 50 MS patients showed detectable levels of IL-2 in the CSF. HIV-1-infected patients had increased levels of sIL-2R in serum and, less frequently, in the CSF. .gamma.-IFN was never detected in serum and CSF of all the patients studied. These findings confirm preliminary reports, further stress a systemic T-cell activation in MS, and support the hypothesis that an immunologic disorder exists in such patients.