ArticleScientific reports2021
Potential diagnostic value of pleural fluid cytokines levels for tuberculous pleural effusion.
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- A meta-analysis of Th1 and Th2 cytokine profiles differentiating tuberculous from malignant pleural effusion.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
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- Development of a diagnostic nomogram for tuberculous pleural effusion.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2026Article
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- The diagnostic value and validation of IL-22 combimed with sCD40L in tuberculosis pleural effusion.BMC immunology · 2024Article
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- Variations in pleural microbiota and metabolic phenotype associated with malignant pleural effusion in human lung adenocarcinoma.Thoracic cancer · 2023Article
- Serosal membrane tuberculosis in Iran: A comprehensive review of evidences.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2023Review
- Th17 cells and their related cytokines: vital players in progression of malignant pleural effusion.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022Review
- Diagnosing pleural effusions using mass spectrometry-based multiplexed targeted proteomics quantitating mid- to high-abundance markers of cancer, infection/inflammation and tuberculosis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- T Helper Cell Subsets in the Pleural Fluid of Tuberculous Patients Differentiate Patients With Non-Tuberculous Pleural Effusions.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Observational
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Abstract
Patients with tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) or malignant pleural effusions (MPE) frequently have similar pleural fluid profiles. New biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of TPE are required. We determined whether cytokine profiles in the PE of patients could aid the differential diagnosis of TPE. 30 patients with TPE, 30 patients with MPE, 14 patients with empyema (EMP) and 14 patients with parapneumonic effusion (PPE) were enrolled between Dec 2018 and 2019. The levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-18, IL-27, CXCL8, CCL-1 and IP-10 were determined in PE by ELISA along with measurements of adenosine deaminase (ADA). The best predictors of TPE were combined ADA.IL-27 [optimal cut-off value = 42.68 (10
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