Plasma interleukin-6 levels in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis patients.
Nephron
; 61(2): 132-4, 1992.
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| ID: mdl-1630534
ABSTRACT
Plasma levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), a cytokine known to be involved in lymphocyte activation and in inflammation, were studied in 10 normal volunteers, 21 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients and 41 hemodialysis patients. Plasma IL-6 levels in hemodialysis patients were significantly higher than those in normal volunteers and CAPD patients (p less than 0.05). The means of plasma IL-6 concentrations before and after hemodialysis did not change significantly. While IL-6 in peritoneal dialysate was detectable in only 3 of the 21 CAPD patients without peritonitis, it was extremely high in 2 patients with bacterial peritonitis. IL-6 levels decreased as peritonitis subsided.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Diálisis Renal
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Interleucina-6
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Diálisis Peritoneal Ambulatoria Continua
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nephron
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article