Increased serum interleukin-10 level in Kawasaki disease.
10.3349/ymj.1996.37.2.125
- Author:
Dong Soo KIM
1
;
Hong Kyu LEE
;
Geun Woong NOH
;
Soon Il LEE
;
Ki Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH:
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Female;
Human;
Infant;
Interleukin-10/*blood;
Interleukin-12/blood;
Interleukin-4/blood;
Male;
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/blood/*immunology;
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1996;37(2):125-130
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Serum IL-10 level in Kawasaki disease(KD) was tested. In the KD patients' sera during the acute phase, the levels of IL-10 were markedly elevated (122.0 +/- 39.1 pg/ml) compared to 3.7 +/- 1.7 pg/ml in the control subjects (p< 0.001). The serum IL-10 levels remained elevated in the subacute phase (16. 7 +/- 9.7 pg/ml, p< 0.001) and were restored to the normal levels(7.9 +/- 3.9 pg/ml) during the convalescent phase. In the patients with acute febrile disease, the serum IL-10 level increased significantly (34.4 +/- 14.1 pg/ml, p< 0.001) compared to that of the age-matched control subjects, but were not as high as in acute phase of KD(p< 0.005). This increase in serum IL-10 levels in KD may contribute to the up-regulation of humoral immunity and to the down-regulation of acute inflammation due to an increase in proinflammatory cytokines.
