Vol 56, No 1-4 (2005)
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Submitted: 2013-02-18
Published online: 2010-03-26
Cytokines and clinical manifestations of malaria in adults with severe and uncomplicated disease
Agnieszka Wroczyńska, Wacław Nahorski, Alicja Bąkowska, Halina Pietkiewicz
IMH 2005;56(1-4):103-114.
Vol 56, No 1-4 (2005)
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Submitted: 2013-02-18
Published online: 2010-03-26
Abstract
Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are supposed to be involved in malaria
pathogenesis. Their relationship with clinical manifestations of the disease, however, is
rarely studied in adults from non-endemic countries with imported disease, particularly
with severe malaria. In this study we compared serum levels of gamma interferon
(IFNg) and interleukins: IL-12, IL-18, IL-10 in healthy adults and patients with severe
or uncomplicated imported malaria, with predominance of Plasmodium falciparum and
Plasmodium vivax infections within studied group. Severe malaria was shown to be
associated with elevated serum levels of IFNg and IL-18 as well as with relative
deficiency of IL-12 mediated response in comparison to uncomplicated malaria cases,
while IL-10 was found to be higher in all malaria patients compared to the controls.
Abstract
Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are supposed to be involved in malaria
pathogenesis. Their relationship with clinical manifestations of the disease, however, is
rarely studied in adults from non-endemic countries with imported disease, particularly
with severe malaria. In this study we compared serum levels of gamma interferon
(IFNg) and interleukins: IL-12, IL-18, IL-10 in healthy adults and patients with severe
or uncomplicated imported malaria, with predominance of Plasmodium falciparum and
Plasmodium vivax infections within studied group. Severe malaria was shown to be
associated with elevated serum levels of IFNg and IL-18 as well as with relative
deficiency of IL-12 mediated response in comparison to uncomplicated malaria cases,
while IL-10 was found to be higher in all malaria patients compared to the controls.
Title
Cytokines and clinical manifestations of malaria in adults with severe and uncomplicated disease
Journal
International Maritime Health
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Vol 56, No 1-4 (2005)
Pages
103-114
Published online
2010-03-26
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IMH 2005;56(1-4):103-114.
Authors
Agnieszka Wroczyńska
Wacław Nahorski
Alicja Bąkowska
Halina Pietkiewicz