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Cultivating a Three-dimensional Reconstructed Human Epidermis at a Large Scale
Published on: May 28, 2021
IL-6, TNF-alpha, IL-1-beta arterial wall expression is independent of serum concentration in patients sustaining
M Stanisic1, W Majewski, J Zurawski
1Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Dluga 1/2, Poznan, Poland. goranm@gazeta.pl
Aim:
The aim of this study was to assess morphological and immunohistochemical differences in arterial wall inflammation during primary and secondary vascular reconstructions.
Methods:
Forty patients with lower extremities ischemia underwent vascular reconstruction: Group I included patients undergoing primary vascular reconstruction with 25 minor arterial reconstructive procedures; Group II included patients undergoing secondary reconstruction due to limb ischemia after at least 12 months since first operation (15). Immunohistochemical expression of IL-1-BETA,IL-6,and TNF-alpha in arterial wall was correlated with serum concentration.
Results:
No differences were observed in IL-1-beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha expression among groups (P=0.06, P=0.13, P=0.9). Cytokines expression was not accompanied by the growth of its serum concentrations (P=0.8, P=0.9). IL-6 serum concentration depended on the degree of limb ischemia and was very high in case of critical limb ischemia (P=0.006). Arterial morphology was comparable among the groups.
Conclusion:
IL-6, IL-1-BETA, TNF-alpha expression in the arterial wall is comparable in primary and secondary lesions. Serum concentrations of IL-6, IL-1-BETA, TNF-alpha are independent of its arterial wall expression.
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