Level of citokines for patients on chronic pancreatitis

Abstract

The results of treatment 53 patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) have been analyzed. All cases have been divided into four groups by the morphological study of the biopsy material, depending on the degree of fibrosis in the pancreas according to the classification of M.Stolte (1987): І (n = 5), II (n = 7), III (n = 12) and ІV (n = 29) group. IL-6, IL-10, TNF- and TGF-1 levels in blood serum. For patients with a chronic pancreatitis is development of fibrosis of pancreas accompanied the increase of level of IL-6, TNF- and TGF-1.