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ArticleDisease markers2015

Serum Cytokine of IL-10 and IL-12 in Chronic Liver Disease: The Immune and Inflammatory Response.

Hoda Mohamed El-Emshaty, Wesam Ahmad Nasif, Ibrahim Eldsoky Mohamed

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Article in Disease markers, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hoda Mohamed El-EmshatyGastroenterology Laboratories, Gastroenterology Surgical Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Wesam Ahmad NasifMolecular Biology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, Sadat University, Sadat City, Egypt; Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim Eldsoky MohamedPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mansoura University · EGUmm al-Qura University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study was designed to investigate the potential association of serum interleukin-10 and interleukin-12 with HCV infection in chronic liver disease and to evaluate their possible role as new biomarkers in HCC development. Material and Methods. Forty-one patients suffering from chronic liver disease (33 patients harbor HCV infection and 8 are HCV-negative patients) were enrolled in the present study and histopathologically diagnosed into 15 patients with HCC, 16 patients with LC, and 10 patients with liver histology compatible with precirrhotic hepatitis (PCH). Ten patients complaining of cholecystitis were included as nondisease control. Serum levels of IL-10 and IL-12 were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results. HCV-infected patients showed elevated expression of IL-10 and IL-12 compared to nondisease controls (P < 0.0001) but there is no significant difference with respect to their expression in HCV-negative patients. Serum IL-10 and IL-12 were elevated significantly with disease progression (P < 0.0001) and a positive correlation coefficient was detected between IL-10, IL-12 (r = 0.785, P < 0.0001), and transaminase values suggesting their possible role in chronic inflammation progression leading to HCC. Conclusion. IL-10 and IL-12 might be involved in chronic inflammation progression leading to HCC and their evaluation could be used as new biomarkers to reflect the degree of inflammation in HCC development.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularCase-Control StudiesFemaleHepatitis CHumansInterleukin-10Interleukin-12Liver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedBiomarkers, TumorInterleukin-10Interleukin-12

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PMID26783377
PMCPMC4689924
OpenAlexW2191248813

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