Expression of serum cytokines in patients with pneumoconiosis by antibody chip / 中华劳动卫生职业病杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the changes in expression of serum cytokines in patients with pneumoconiosis using cytokine antibody chips (CACs).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The CAC technology was applied to measure the serum levels of 60 cytokines in 12 patients with pneumoconiosis and 3 normal controls.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>In the patients with pneumoconiosis, the highly expressed serum cytokines included interleukin (IL)-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, ILs 4-16, macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, TNF-β, human bone morphogenetic protein-6, fibroblast growth factor-7, neurotrophin-3, and stem cell factor, and the lowly expressed serum cytokines included recombinant human I-309, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, MCP-2, MCP-3, MCP-4, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1-&delta;, and MIP-3-α.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Patients with pneumoconiosis have changes in the expression of most serum cytokines.</p>