IL-10 production in multiple sclerosis patients, SLE patients and healthy controls: preliminary findings
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 18 (4) , 191-194
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02080463
Abstract
IL-10 is a cytokine with suppressive effects on (auto) antigen presentation an T-cell-mediated immune reactions, but is also capable of stimulating polyclonal IgG synthesis. Recent evidence suggests its involvement in multiple sclerosis (MS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We assessed PBMNC IL-10 release in MS and SLE patients before and after in vivo prednisone or methylprednisolone treatment. The SLE patients showed a high level of IL-10 release by unstimulated PBMNCs, whereas the PHA-stimulated PBMNCs from MS patients produced large amounts of the cytokine. IL-10 è una citochina con effetti soppressivi sulla presentazione di (auto) antigeni e sulle reazioni mediate da linfociti T, ma anche in grado di stimolare la sintesi policlonale di IgG. Studi recenti suggeriscono il suo coinvolgimento nella sclerosi multipla e nel lupus erythematosus sistemico. Abbiamo dosato la produzione in vitro di IL-10 da parte di mononucleati di sangue periferico di pazienti affetti da sclerosi multipla e lupus, prima e dopo l'assunzione di prednisone o metilprednisolone. Mentre nei sovranatanti dei pazienti affetti da lupus si evidenziano elevate concentrazioni di IL-10 in condizioni basali, i mononucleati dei pazienti con sclerosi multipla ne sintetizzano maggiori quantitativi dopo stimolo con PHA.Keywords
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