Inflammatory cytokines, soluble interleukin-6 receptors, and fragmented cytokeratin-18 as indicators of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- Authors: Shipovskaya A.A.1, Dudanova O.P.1, Kurbatova I.V.2
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Affiliations:
- Petrozavodsk State University
- Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 97, No 2 (2025): Вопросы гастроэнтерологии
- Pages: 115-120
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/291015
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/00403660.2025.02.203123
- ID: 291015
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Aim. To evaluate inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β, 8, 6, soluble IL-6 receptors (sIL-6R) and fragmented cytokeratin-18 (FCK-18) as indicators of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
Materials and methods. 173 NASH patients aged 47.0±10.8 years were examined: 118 (68.2%) – men, 55 (31.8%) – women. The following markers were determined: TNF-α (Human TNFα Platinum ELISA, eBioscience, Austria), IL-1β, 8, 6 (Vector-Best, Russia), sIL-6R (Human sIL-6R ELISA, eBioscience, Austria), FCK-18 (TPS ELISA, Biotech, Sweden), insulin (Insulin TEST System, USA), HOMA-IR (Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance) and NAFLD fibrosis score (NFS) were calculated.
Results. The highest level in NASH patients compared with healthy individuals was observed for IL-6 – 8.4±1.6 pg/ml versus 2.8±0.9 pg/ml (p=0.001), FCK-18 – 295.3±56.3 U/l versus 110.5±30.2 U/l (p=0.0001), then IL-8 – 17.3±6.7 pg/ml vs 7.6±1.9 pg/ml (p=0.003), TNF-α – 6.3±0.4 pg/ml versus 4.1±0.8 pg/ml (p=0.0001), sIL-6R – 151.5±21.2 ng/ml vs 95.9±12.5 ng/ml (p<0.05); IL-1β did not change – 5.3±1.4 pg/ml versus 4.7±1.5 pg/ml (p=0.3) respectively. FCK-18 showed the highest correlations with TNF-α (r=0.73), HOMA-IR (r=0.73), alanine aminotransferase (r=0.71), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r=0.23), IL-6 (r=0.22); p<0.05. TNF-α correlated with FCK-18 (r=0.73), cholesterol (r=0.61), albumin (r=-0.42), fibrinogen (r=0.21), leukocyte count (r=0.21); p<0.05. IL-8 correlated with triglycerides (r=0.79) and HDL (r=-0.77), IL-6 – with NFS (r=0.63) and FCK-18 (r=0.22), rIL-6R – with aspartate aminotransferase (r=0.62); p<0.05.
Conclusion. TNF-α, IL-8, 6, sIL-6R and FCK-18 should be used as non-invasive biomarkers of NASH.
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Anastasia A. Shipovskaya
Petrozavodsk State University
Email: odudanova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3830-6446
канд. мед. наук, доц. каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней и гигиены Медицинского института
Russian Federation, PetrozavodskOlga P. Dudanova
Petrozavodsk State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: odudanova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2613-5694
д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. каф. пропедевтики внутренних болезней и гигиены Медицинского института
Russian Federation, PetrozavodskIrina V. Kurbatova
Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: odudanova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7620-7065
канд. биол. наук, cт. науч. сотр. лаб. генетики Института биологии – обособленного подразделения
Russian Federation, PetrozavodskReferences
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