Serum levels of TNF-alpha, sIL-2R, IL-6, and IL-8 are increased and associated with elevated lipid peroxidation in patients with Behçet's disease.

Evereklioglu, Cem; Er, Hamdi; Türköz, Yusuf; Cekmen, Mustafa

doi:10.1080/09629350220131935

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Serum levels of TNF-alpha, sIL-2R, IL-6, and IL-8 are increased and associated with elevated lipid peroxidation in patients with Behçet's disease.

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Authors:

Cem Evereklioglu

Hamdi Er

Yusuf Türköz

Abstract

AIM: Behçet's disease (BD) is asystemic immunoinflammatory disorder and the aetiopathogenesis is to be specified. Cytokines play a role in immune response and in many inflammatory diseases. The aim of this case-control study is to investigate serum pro-inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor (T...

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