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Provedor de dados: 	56	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Extremely elevated IL-18 levels may help distinguish systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis from other febrile diseases	
Autores: 	Xia,Y.; Cui,P.; Li,Q.; Liang,F.; Li,C.; Yang,J.	
Data: 	2017-01-01	
Ano: 	2017	
Palavras-chave: 	Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA); Serological markers; IL-18; S100A8/S100A9.	
Resumo: 	The aim of this research was to explore whether IL-18 can be a serological marker for the diagnosis of systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). A total of 23 sJIA patients (13 males, median age 8.2), 20 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, 18 patients with severe infections (SIF), 26 Kawasaki disease (KD) patients, 18 juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients, and 25 healthy control patients were selected for this study. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were used to determine the serum concentrations of the S100A8, S100A9, and IL-6 proteins. The serum IL-18 levels were detected by a cytometric bead array (CBA). The serum IL-6 concentrations in various disease groups were significantly higher than that in the healthy control group. The IL-6 concentrations exhibited no significant difference between disease groups. The S100A8 level in the sJIA group was significantly higher than those of the ALL, JIA, and healthy control groups but showed no significant difference compared to the SIF and KD groups. The S100A9 serum concentration in the sJIA group was significantly higher than those in the ALL and healthy control groups and exhibited no significant difference from the SIF, KD, and JIA groups. The IL-18 level of the sJIA group was significantly higher than that of the other febrile disease groups. The IL-18 serum concentration may be used as a biological serum marker to distinguish sJIA from other febrile diseases.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2017000200703	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/1414-431x20165958	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.50 n.2 2017	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess