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The basic feature in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is the degradation of extracellular matrix components. This process is induced partly by cytokines secreted from inflammatory and mesenchymal cells. Circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines were studied in AAA patients and compared with subjects suffering from atherosclerotic disease only. Furthermore, the predictive value of cytokine concentrations was evaluated for aneurysm expansion rate. Circulating levels of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were measured in 50 AAA patients (40 men, 10 women), 42 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) (23 men, 19 women), and 38 controls whose angiogram was normal (17 men, 21 women). No differences in cytokine concentrations were found between the CHD patients and the controls. AAA disease was found to be associated with significantly higher IL-1 beta and IL-6 concentrations in both male patients (median concentrations of 19.40 pmol/L and 6.45 pmol/L, respectively) and female patients (19.26 pmol/L and 7.99 pmol/L) than in either the CHD patients or the controls (P < .005). TNF-alpha levels were slightly higher in the AAA patients (1.64 pmol/L in the males and 1.59 pmol/L in the females) than in the other groups (P < .05). IFN-gamma levels were elevated significantly in the female AAA patients (3.75 pmol/L) compared with levels found in the other female (P < .05) or male (P < .01) patient groups. The measured cytokine concentrations were not related to the size of the aneurysm or the maximal thickness of the thrombus within the aneurysm. IFN-gamma concentration showed a significant positive correlation to the aneurysm expansion (R = .37, P < .02) and negative correlation to the concentration of aminoterminal propeptide of type III procollagen during 6-month follow up (R = -.42, P < .005). The results show that circulating levels of inflammatory cytokines are elevated in patients with AAA disease, suggesting that the production of these cytokines is increased in these patients compared with CHD patients and controls. Elevated INF-gamma concentrations seem to predict an increased rate of expansion in AAA.
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