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ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IP-10 = interferon-gamma inducible protein 10; mAb = monoclonal antibody; MCP-1 = monocytechemotactic protein-1; MIP = macrophage inflammatory protein; OA = osteoarthritis; PBMC = peripheral blood mononuclear cells; PE = phycoerythrin;RA = rheumatoid arthritis; RANTES = regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted; RT-PCR = reverse transcriptase-polymerasechain reaction; SCL = stromal cell line; SRBC = sheep red blood cells; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-α.
Ghrelin and its receptor are expressed in human T-lymphocytes, where they can inhibit cytokine activation, including interleukins, tumor necrosis factor-α and leptin [18].
The present study was conducted to determine the procalcitonin level at early diagnosis (and differentiation) in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis, in comparison with C-reactive protein, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8 and tumour necrosis factor-α in an unselected population of patients suffering from a broad range of diseases in an intensive care unit (ICU).
Increased serum leptin levels in obesity and metabolic syndrome support the view that these disorders are in fact low-grade systemic inflammatory diseases, characterized by increased concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines like interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α and leptin.
MMP-9 is inducible by inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1 [ 19, 29], and the post-transcriptional regulation in vivo remains incompletely understood.