[Evaluating clinical significance of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and hydroxyproline in blood of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis].
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical significance of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and hydroxyproline (HYP) in blood of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (APT).
METHODS
Contents of TNF-alpha and HYP in blood of 28 patients with APT and 17 normal subjects were determined with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and ultraviolet spectrophotometer respectively.
RESULTS
It was found that the concentrations of TNF-alpha and HYP in patients with APT before antituberculosis treatment were obviously higher than those of the normal subjects (192.85 +/- 37.14 ng/L vs 89.36 +/- 23.18 ng/L and 4.96 +/- 1.13 mg/L vs 1.64 +/- 0.33 mg/L respectively, all P < 0.001) and those who received 3- month anti-tuberculosis treatment (192.65 +/- 37.14 ng/L vs 112.50 +/- 44.93 ng/L and 4.96 +/- 1.13 mg/L vs 2.17 +/- 0.39 mg/L respectively, all P < 0.001). TNF-alpha level was significantly correlated with HYP (r = 0.5132, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
The results indicate that TNF-alpha might play an important role in inducing pulmonary tissue damage of APT, and the lowering of HYP content in blood might indicate that pulmonary tuberculosis is recovering from active stage.
