Abstract
The intrathecal synthesis of interleukin 10 (IL-10) was investigated in 120 paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and scrum specimens from patients with various inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). IL-10 was not demonstrated in the sera, but detectable levels were found in the CSF from: patients with acute viral ("aseptic") meningitis, but only within 48-72 h of symptom onset; human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)-infected patients with HIV-related encephalitis/leukoencephalopathy or cryptococcal meningitis; a patient with primary B cell lymphoma of the CNS, and a patient with encephalomeningeal sarcoidosis (in whom IL-10 was demonstrated in all CSF collected over a period of 6-months). In chronic meningeal infections/inflammations, IL-10 seems to be continuously produced within the CSF. Our findings suggest that IL-10, a cytokine which exerts many immunosuppressive actions, may play different immunomodulatory roles in CNS diseases; in particular, its intrathecal synthesis may explain why some infectious and inflammatory meningeal diseases may have slow development and chronic evolution.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 49-53 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
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Keywords
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- HIV
- Interleukin-10
- Neurological diseases
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ageing
- Clinical Neurology
- Surgery
- Neuroscience(all)
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Neurology
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Intrathecal synthesis of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in viral and inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. / Gallo, Paolo; Sivieri, Susanna; Rinaldi, Luciano; Yan, Xiao Bo; Lolli, Francesco; De Rossi, Anita; Tavolato, Bruno.
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AU - Gallo, Paolo
AU - Sivieri, Susanna
AU - Rinaldi, Luciano
AU - Yan, Xiao Bo
AU - Lolli, Francesco
AU - De Rossi, Anita
AU - Tavolato, Bruno
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - The intrathecal synthesis of interleukin 10 (IL-10) was investigated in 120 paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and scrum specimens from patients with various inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). IL-10 was not demonstrated in the sera, but detectable levels were found in the CSF from: patients with acute viral ("aseptic") meningitis, but only within 48-72 h of symptom onset; human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)-infected patients with HIV-related encephalitis/leukoencephalopathy or cryptococcal meningitis; a patient with primary B cell lymphoma of the CNS, and a patient with encephalomeningeal sarcoidosis (in whom IL-10 was demonstrated in all CSF collected over a period of 6-months). In chronic meningeal infections/inflammations, IL-10 seems to be continuously produced within the CSF. Our findings suggest that IL-10, a cytokine which exerts many immunosuppressive actions, may play different immunomodulatory roles in CNS diseases; in particular, its intrathecal synthesis may explain why some infectious and inflammatory meningeal diseases may have slow development and chronic evolution.
AB - The intrathecal synthesis of interleukin 10 (IL-10) was investigated in 120 paired cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and scrum specimens from patients with various inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). IL-10 was not demonstrated in the sera, but detectable levels were found in the CSF from: patients with acute viral ("aseptic") meningitis, but only within 48-72 h of symptom onset; human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)-infected patients with HIV-related encephalitis/leukoencephalopathy or cryptococcal meningitis; a patient with primary B cell lymphoma of the CNS, and a patient with encephalomeningeal sarcoidosis (in whom IL-10 was demonstrated in all CSF collected over a period of 6-months). In chronic meningeal infections/inflammations, IL-10 seems to be continuously produced within the CSF. Our findings suggest that IL-10, a cytokine which exerts many immunosuppressive actions, may play different immunomodulatory roles in CNS diseases; in particular, its intrathecal synthesis may explain why some infectious and inflammatory meningeal diseases may have slow development and chronic evolution.
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