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Assessment of a possible imbalance between tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and soluble TNF receptor forms in tuberculous infection of the central nervous system

Rydberg, Johan LU ; Miörner, Håkan LU ; Chandramuki, A and Lantz, M (1995) In Journal of Infectious Diseases 172(1). p.301-304
Abstract
Distributions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its soluble receptor forms, R55-BP and R75-BP, were analyzed in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with severe acute or chronic central nervous system infections. Tuberculous infections were associated with high ratios of R55-BP and R75-BP to TNF, 27.2 and 28.0, respectively, suggesting a small biologically active fraction of TNF. The opposite was found in subjects with acute bacterial meningitis. They had large fractions of biologically active TNF and thus low ratios of R55-BP and R75-BP to TNF, 3.7 and 4.0, respectively. It is hypothesized that chronic infectious diseases, such as tuberculous infections, may be associated with inadequate production of TNF and a concomitant relative... (More)
Distributions of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and its soluble receptor forms, R55-BP and R75-BP, were analyzed in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with severe acute or chronic central nervous system infections. Tuberculous infections were associated with high ratios of R55-BP and R75-BP to TNF, 27.2 and 28.0, respectively, suggesting a small biologically active fraction of TNF. The opposite was found in subjects with acute bacterial meningitis. They had large fractions of biologically active TNF and thus low ratios of R55-BP and R75-BP to TNF, 3.7 and 4.0, respectively. It is hypothesized that chronic infectious diseases, such as tuberculous infections, may be associated with inadequate production of TNF and a concomitant relative increase of soluble TNF receptors, which may prolong the disease. (Less)
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  author       = {{Rydberg, Johan and Miörner, Håkan and Chandramuki, A and Lantz, M}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{301--304}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Journal of Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Assessment of a possible imbalance between tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and soluble TNF receptor forms in tuberculous infection of the central nervous system}},
  volume       = {{172}},
  year         = {{1995}},
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