کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5665260 1407739 2017 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Serum IL-21 levels are elevated in atopic dermatitis patients with acute skin lesions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی ایمونولوژی، آلرژی و روماتولوژی
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Serum IL-21 levels are elevated in atopic dermatitis patients with acute skin lesions
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundInterleukin (IL)-21 is a member of the type I cytokine family and plays a role in the pathogenesis of T helper type 2 allergic diseases. It has been reported that IL-21 expression is upregulated in acute skin lesions in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients; however, little is known about the serum IL-21 levels of AD patients. The aim of this study was to quantify the serum IL-21 levels of AD patients and to evaluate the relationships between the serum IL-21 level and disease severity, laboratory markers, and eruption type in AD patients.MethodsWe measured the serum IL-21 levels of adult AD patients and healthy control subjects using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.ResultsThe adult AD patients exhibited significantly higher serum IL-21 levels than the healthy control subjects. A comparison of the patients' serum IL-21 levels based on the clinical severity of their AD revealed that the patients with severe AD demonstrated significantly higher serum IL-21 levels than those with mild AD and the healthy control subjects. The serum IL-21 levels were significantly correlated with the skin severity score, and especially with the degree of acute lesions such as erythema and edema/papules. The serum IL-21 level was not associated with laboratory markers, such as the serum IgE level, the serum thymus and activation-related chemokine level, blood eosinophilia, and the serum lactate dehydrogenase level.ConclusionsThese results suggest that IL-21 might be involved in the pathogenesis of AD, especially the development of acute skin lesions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Allergology International - Volume 66, Issue 3, July 2017, Pages 440-444
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