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Plasma interleukin-6 levels in patients with cirrhosis. Relationship to endotoxemia, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and hyperdynamic circulation. 1996

F Y Lee, and R H Lu, and Y T Tsai, and H C Lin, and M C Hou, and C P Li, and T M Liao, and L F Lin, and S S Wang, and S D Lee
Dept. of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Tapei, Taiwan.

BACKGROUND Liver cirrhosis with portal hypertension is associated with hyperdynamic circulation characterized by generalized vasodilatation and increased cardiac output and regional blood flows. Patients with liver cirrhosis present with increased levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), which may inhibit vascular smooth-muscle contraction. We investigated whether increased plasma IL-6 levels contribute to the pathogenesis of hyperdynamic circulation observed in cirrhotic patients and whether they are correlated with plasma tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and endotoxin concentrations. METHODS In 58 consecutive cirrhotic patients and 34 healthy subjects the plasma concentrations of TNF-alpha and IL-6 were measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and endotoxin determinations with a limulus assay. In addition, 52 cirrhotic patients underwent a hemodynamic study using Swan-Ganz catheterization. RESULTS Plasma TNF-alpha, IL-6, and endotoxin levels were significantly higher in cirrhotic patients than in healthy subjects (7.3 +/- 0.2 versus 5.8 +/- 0.1 pg/ml, 6.4 +/ 0.8 versus 2.0 +/- 0.2 pg/ml, and 7.6 +/- 1.2 versus 2.8 +/- 0.3 pg/ml, respectively; p < 0.01). In cirrhotic patients the plasma levels of TNF-alpha IL-6, and endotoxin progressively increased in relation to the severity of liver dysfunction (graded by Pugh's classification). A significant correlation was observed between plasma TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels (r = 0.48, p < 0.001), whereas no correlation was observed between plasma endotoxin levels and plasma TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels. Plasma IL-6 levels correlated negatively with systemic vascular resistance in patients with cirrhosis (r = 0.5, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Plasma IL-6 levels are increased in patients with cirrhosis. The severity of liver cirrhosis is an important factor for the occurrence of increased IL-6 levels. IL-6 may play a role in the hyperdynamic circulation observed in patients with cirrhosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008103 Liver Cirrhosis Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules. Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001775 Blood Circulation The movement of the BLOOD as it is pumped through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Blood Flow,Circulation, Blood,Blood Flows,Flow, Blood
D002407 Catheterization, Swan-Ganz Placement of a balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery through the antecubital, subclavian, and sometimes the femoral vein. It is used to measure pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure which reflects left atrial pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. The catheter is threaded into the right atrium, the balloon is inflated and the catheter follows the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and out into the pulmonary artery. Catheterization, Pulmonary Artery,Swan-Ganz Catheterization,Pulmonary Artery Catheterization,Artery Catheterization, Pulmonary,Artery Catheterizations, Pulmonary,Catheterization, Swan Ganz,Catheterizations, Pulmonary Artery,Pulmonary Artery Catheterizations,Swan Ganz Catheterization
D004731 Endotoxins Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells. Endotoxin
D005260 Female Females
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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