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Protein malnutrition, a condition associated with an albumin concentration less than 3.5 g/dL, has been shown to be a major risk factor for increased mortality in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this cross-over study was to evaluate the relationship between the type of membrane adopted and serum albumin changes by measuring peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) interleukin-6 (IL-6) release, serum albumin, and plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) in 18 patients dialyzed with different membranes. During the study, all patients were dialyzed with cuprophan (CU), synthetically modified cellulosic (SMC) membrane (a new cellulosic membrane with lesser complement activation), and cellulose diacetate (CD) membrane, and have served as their own controls. IL-6 spontaneous release by PBMC resulted after 3 months of SMC (436.2 +/- 47.4 pg/mL) significantly (P < 0.05) reduced as compared with CU (569.3 +/- 24.5 pg/mL). This effect was more evident after 6 months of dialysis with SMC (220 +/- 35.3 pg/mL, P < 0.01 versus CU and versus 3 months of SMC). The passage to CD membrane was followed by a progressive new increase in the IL-6 PBMC release (332.3 +/- 30.7 after 3 months, and 351.2 +/- 35.8 pg/mL after 6 months, respectively) that, however, remained significantly (P < 0.05) lower than CU. The behavior of CRP plasma levels resembled that of IL-6 PBMC release (23.3 +/- 4.7 in CU, 11.0 +/- 2.1 after 3 months in SMC, and 7.9 +/- 1.5 after 6 months in SMC, respectively). IL-6 release values were positively correlated with circulating levels of CRP (r = 0.3264, P < 0.002). Serum albumin increased after 6 months of dialysis with SMC membranes (3.25 +/- 0.09 g/dL in CU and 3.64 +/- 0.07 g/dL in SMC, P < 0.05). When the patients were switched to CD, serum albumin showed a slight, though not statistically significant, decrease. Serum albumin concentrations negatively correlated with both IL-6 release values (r = -0.247, P < 0.05) and CRP plasma levels (r = -0.433, P < 0.001). In conclusion, our data clearly show that a significant relationship exists between biocompatibility of the membranes and serum albumin changes; serum albumin levels, in fact, are negatively correlated with the PBMC spontaneous IL-6 release values and CRP circulating levels.
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PMID:Changes of serum albumin and C-reactive protein are related to changes of interleukin-6 release by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in hemodialysis patients treated with different membranes. 1184 Mar 66

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a serious disease responsible for the high morbidity and mortality rates among children in developing countries. The damaging effects of PEM on their immune system may persist for long throughout their lives. In this study, the levels of the proinflammatory cytokines; Granulocyte-Macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin-8 (IL-8) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured in culture supernates of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) isolated from 46 PEM children before and after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The PEM children were classified into four groups; under weight (u.wt= 15), marasmus (M= 11), marasmic kwashiorkor (MK=10), and kwashiorkor (K=10). Results were compared with those of a control group composed of ten healthy well-nourished age-matching children (C=10). Before LPS stimulation, GM-CSF levels of M, MK and K groups were lower than those of the control group, while IL-8 and IL-6 levels were higher in all PEM groups than in the controls. After LPS stimulation, GM-CSF, IL-8 and IL-6 levels were lower in all PEM groups than controls. The three cytokines' levels were elevated in control and PEM groups after LPS stimulation than before. Before and after LPS stimulation, the highest level of the GM-CSF, IL-8 and IL-6 within PEM children were detected in the u.wt group followed by M, MK and K groups respectively. The disturbance in the production of GM-CSF, IL-8 and IL-6 by PBMCs of PEM children under study and the decreased stimulatory responses of these cells denoted to severely impaired inflammatory response associated with PEM status in addition to several immunological processes in which these cytokines are involved.
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PMID:Production of proinflammatory cytokines: granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, interleukin-8 and interleukin-6 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of protein energy malnourished children. 1673 47