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Increased expressio...
Increased expression of caspase-1 and interleukin-18 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with multiple sclerosis
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2016-07-02
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SAGE Publications,2004
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:prod.swepub.kib.ki.se:1932029
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http://kipublications.ki.se/Default.aspx?queryparsed=id:1932029URI
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https://doi.org/10.1191/1352458504ms1071oaDOI
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is supposedly a T-cell mediated autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. Cytokines and other molecules involved in the regulation of apoptosis are thought to be of importance for the pathogenesis of MS. In this study, the mRNA levels of interleukin 18 (IL-18), IL-1b and their processing enzyme caspase-1 were quantified by a competitive RT-PCR method in unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in MS patients never treated with disease modifying drugs. Western blot was used to support the expression pattern at the protein level. We found that the expression of caspase-1 and IL-18 was significantly increased in MS patients compared with healthy controls. Analysis of clinical subgroups revealed that caspase-1 was increased in all subgroups, whereas IL-18 was upregulated in chronic progression (P-0.001) and relapsing MS patients in remission (P-0.002) but not significantly during relapses (P-0.12). mRNA levels of IL-1b were not significantly altered in MS except for a possible decrease in chronic progression (P-0.03). An increased IL-18 expression, potentially augmented at the mature protein level, may indicate a pathway worth considering in future therapeutic strategies in MS.
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Huang, P
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Hillert, JKarolinska Institutet
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Karolinska Institutet
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Ingår i:Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England): SAGE Publications10:5, s. 482-4871352-45851477-0970
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