Detection of serum interleukin-10,interleukin-13,interleukin-15 levels in patients with viral hepatitis B and their significance / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the significance of the expression of interleukin-10(IL-10),interleukin-13(IL-13)and interleukin-15(IL-15)in serums of patients with hepatitis B.Methods The expression of IL-10,IL-13 and IL-15 in serums of 109 patients was measured by ELISA.Results The serum levels of IL-10,IL-13 in patients with moderate degree chronic hepatitis B(CHB)group were significantly higher than that in patients with chronic severe hepatitis group,severe degree CHB group,acute hepatitis group and normal group.The serum level of IL-15 was increased in patients with acute hepatitis、moderate degree CHB group,severe degree CHB group and chronic severe hepatitis compared with normotensives.The proportion of IL-15/IL-10 and IL-15/IL-13 in patients with chronic severe hepatitis group,severe degree CHB group and acute hepatitis group were higher than that in patients with moderate degree CHB group and normotensives.The serum level of IL-15 and the proportion of IL-15/IL-10 and IL-15/IL-13 in dead group were significantly higher than that in improving group with chronic severe hepatitis.Conclusion There is an abnormal cell-mediated immune response in patients with hepatitis B.Combining detection on the levels of serum IL-10,IL-13 and IL-15,and the proportion of IL-15/IL-10 and IL-15/IL-13 would nicely show the cellular active status and be helpful to the prediction of prognosis and direction of therapy in patients with hepatitis B of different kinds of clinical type.