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Antibody Formation* ; Dust* ; Immunotherapy* ; Pyroglyphidae*

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disease characterized by chronic inflammation of synovial joints accompanied by a marked acute phase response, and interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a major mediator of the inflammatory response which is involved in the induction of acute phase protein, To evaluate the significance of IL-6 levels in patients with RA, IL-6 activity was measured by radioimmunoassay in 13 patients with RA and 5 patients with traumatic arthritis (TA) or osteoarthritis (OA) was used as a control group. Serum IL-6 activity was significantly elevated in 2 RA patients without treatment compared with that of 11 RA patients with treatment and all the TA and OA patients. Synovial fluid IL-6 activity was elevated in all RA patients (markedly elevated in 2 RA patients without treatment) compared with that of TA and OA patients. Immunohistochemical analysis of synovial tissue from 3 RA patients revealed strong expression of IL-6 in most inflammatory synovial cells. The results indicate that IL-6 level, especially that of synovial fluid, is related to disease activity in patients with RA.
Acute-Phase Proteins ; Arthritis ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid* ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Interleukin-6* ; Joints ; Osteoarthritis ; Radioimmunoassay ; Synovial Fluid

Statistical observation was made on in-patients in the Department of Urology, Keimyung University Medical College and Hospital, Taegu, Korea, during the period from August 1, 1970 through July 31, 1980. 1. Among 2,798 cases of in-patients, 2,138 cases were male and 660 cases were female with a ratio of 3.2: 1. Most common diseases were ureter stone (14. 8%), bladder tumor (7.1%) and renal tuberculosis (6.4%) in order. 2. Of 2.798 in-patients, operation was done in 2,226 cases. 3. Of 2,226 operation cases, T.U.R.(15. 1%) was the most common operation: nephrectomy(11. 1%). ureterolithotomy (10. 5%) and hydrocelectomy (7. 1%) were performed.
Daegu ; Female ; Humans ; Korea ; Male ; Tuberculosis, Renal ; Ureter ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms ; Urology*