Blast traumatic brain injury and serum inflammatory cytokines: a repeated measures case-control study among U.S. military service members.
J Neuroinflammation
; 17(1): 20, 2020 Jan 13.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is a paucity of human data on exposure to blast traumatic brain injury (bTBI) and the corresponding systemic cytokine immune response at later time points (i.e., months, years) post-injury.METHODS:
We conducted a repeated measures, case-control study, examining associations of serum levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, measured both pre- and post-deployment with having mild and moderate/severe bTBI. Utilizing serum from the Department of Defense Serum Repository cytokines were measured via an ELISA-based array for 15 cytokines. We compared pre- vs. post-levels among mild cases, moderate/severe cases, and controls and carried out case-control comparisons, using paired t- tests and generalized linear models.RESULTS:
The average time between bTBI and post-deployment/bTBI serum among cases was 315.8 days. From pre- to post-deployment/bTBI, levels of interleukin 8 (IL-8) were decreased among both mild cases (µ = - 83.43 pg/ml; s.e. = 21.66) and moderate/severe cases (µ = - 107.67 pg/ml; s.e. = 28.74 pg/ml), while levels increased among controls (µ = 32.86 pg/ml; s.e. = 30.29). The same pattern occurred for matrix metallopeptidase 3 (MMP3), with levels decreasing for moderate/severe cases (µ = - 3369.24 pg/ml; s.e. = 1701.68) and increasing for controls (µ = 1859.60 pg/ml; s.e. = 1737.51) from pre- to post-deployment/bTBI. Evidence was also suggestive of case-control differences, from pre- to post-deployment/bTBI for interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1α), interleukin 4 (IL-4), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) among moderate/severe cases.CONCLUSION:
The findings of this longitudinal study indicate that in the chronic phase of bTBI, levels of IL-8 and MMP3 may be substantially lower than pre-injury. These results need confirmation in other studies, potentially those that account for treatment differences, which was not possible in our study.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Traumatismos por Explosión
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Citocinas
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Lesiones Traumáticas del Encéfalo
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
J Neuroinflammation
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos