Dynamic study on the influence of the serum cytokine levels in patients with Graves′ disease before and After Treated With ~1(31)I / 中国免疫学杂志

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Objective:To study the influence of the serum cytokine levels of patients with Graves′ disease(GD) before and After Treated With ~ 131 I.Methods:Using the method of radioimmunoassay, the serum levels of interleukin-1(IL-1), interleukin-2(IL-2), interleukin-6(IL-6), interleukin-8(IL-8) and tumor necrosis factor(TNF-?) of GD 52 patients were measured before and after ~ 131 I, 30 age-and sex-matched healthy subjects served as controls, and the results were compared with that of the control group.Results:The levels of IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-? of GD patients were significantly higher than that of the control group(P