Immune system alterations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease during remission

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 27 - 33
• Main Authors: Sventoraityte, Jurgita, Zvirbliene, Aida, Kiudelis, Gediminas, Zalinkevicius, Rimantas, Zvirbliene, Aurelija, Praskevicius, Antanas, Kupcinskas, Limas, Tamosiūnas, Vytas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cells, Cultured - immunology; Colitis, Ulcerative - immunology; Crohn Disease - immunology; Cytokines - immunology; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Female; Homeostasis; Humans; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - immunology; Interferon-gamma - immunology; Interleukin-10 - immunology; Male; Middle Aged; Remission Induction; Th1 Cells - immunology; Th2 Cells - immunology; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - immunology

Perturbed immune homeostasis elicited by misbalanced production of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines is characteristic of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate cytokine profile in patients with different forms of inflammatory bowel disease - ulcerative colit...