Changes of serum Th1/Th2 cytokines in patients with different degrees of idiopathic oligonasthenospermia
10.3760/cma.j.cn431274-20240104-00029
- VernacularTitle:不同严重程度特发性少弱精子症患者血清Th1/Th2细胞因子水平变化
- Author:
Lei YANG
1
;
Meining FENG
;
Haifeng SONG
;
Tao XU
Author Information
1. 咸阳市中心医院生殖医学科，咸阳 712000
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Idiopathic oligoasthenozoospermia;
Th1 cells;
Th2 cells
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2025;27(1):38-41
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the changes of serum helper T cell 1 (Th1)/helper T cell 2 (Th2) cytokines in patients with idiopathic oligonasthenospermia (IO).Methods:A total of 136 patients with IO admitted to the Xianyang Central Hospital from January 2020 to June 2022 were prospectively selected and divided into mild to moderate group (86 cases) and severe group (50 cases) according to the severity of IO. Another 60 healthy males were selected as normal control group. Baseline data, serum Th1 and Th2 cytokines [interferon-γ (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-21] of the three groups were compared. Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-21 and the severity of IO disease.Results:The sperm concentration, total sperm and percentage of forward motile sperm in severe group were lower than those in mild to moderate group and normal control group (all P<0.05), and the sperm concentration, total sperm and percentage of forward motile sperm in mild to the moderate group were lower than those in the normal control group (all P<0.05). The serum levels of Th1 cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-2 and IL-21 in severe group were higher than those in the mild-moderate group and the normal control group (all P<0.05), and the serum levels of Th1 cytokines IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-2 and IL-21 in mild-moderate group were higher than those in the normal control group (all P<0.05). The serum levels of Th2 cytokines IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 in severe group were higher than those in the mild-moderate group and the normal control group (all P<0.05), and the serum levels of Th2 cytokines IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 in mild-moderate group were higher than those in the normal control group (all P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that the severity of IO disease was positively correlated with the levels of serum Th1 cytokines (IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-21) and serum Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-6, IL-10) (all P<0.001). Conclusions:The Th1/Th2 immune imbalance in patients with IO is aggravated with the increase of disease severity. Early diagnosis and treatment of IO should be strengthened to prevent disease progression.
