Comparison of Serum Interleukin 10 Levels between Leprosy and Non-Leprosy Population

Serum adenosine deaminase levels in reactional and non-reactional leprosy.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Altered serum adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels have been recorded in various diseases involving lymphocytes and/or lymphoreticular system including leprosy. The study was planned to evaluate alterations in serum ADA levels, if any, in reactional and non-reactional leprosy. METHODS Eighty patients of leprosy, comprising 60 patients of non-reactional leprosy and 20 patients ...

Association between serum interleukin-1β levels and perinatal asphyxia

Objective: Asphyxia  is  a  major  cause  of  acute  mortality  and  chronic  neurologic  disability  in  neonates. We sought to  define  the  predictive  values  of  serum  concentrations  of  interleukin-1β  in  newborns  with perinatal asphyxia to see if there is a relation between interleukin-1β (IL-1β) levels to the short term neurological deficit.  Methods: This was a prospective (case-co...

Serum lipase in leprosy.

Serum Levels of Type 2 Chemokines in Lepromatous Leprosy Patients

Background: The type 2 deviated immunological state is predominant in lepromatous leprosy. Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an immune-complex mediated reaction that typically occurs in lepromatous leprosy. To date, the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-2 receptor, IL-10, IL-1β, IL-1 receptor antagonist and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were reported ...

The Serum Treatment of Leprosy