Laboratory Medicine ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 518-521.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2019.06.008

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Expressions and roles of serum IL-33 and sST2 in children with systemic lupus erythematosus

WANG Xia, SUO Minghuan, HU Ting, HU Yaozong(), WEN Dongmei   

  1. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Zhongshan Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,Zhongshan 528403,Guangdong,China
  • Received:2018-12-19 Online:2019-06-30 Published:2019-07-04

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the expressions and roles of serum interleukin 33(IL-33)and soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2(sST2) in children with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). Methods Serum levels of IL-33 and sST2 in 32 children with SLE(SLE group) and 50 healthy children(healthy control group) were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). The correlations between IL-33,sST2 and systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index 2000(SLEDAI-2000),anti-double-stranded DNA(anti-dsDNA) antibody were evaluated. Results Serum levels of IL-33 and sST2 were higher in SLE group than those in healthy control group(P<0.01). Spearman correlation analysis showed that serum levels of IL-33 and sST2 in children with SLE were positively correlated with SLEDAI-2000(r=0.399 and 0.502,P=0.024 and 0.003,respectively). Serum levels of IL-33 and sST2 in children with SLE were positively correlated with anti-dsDNA antibody(r=0.395 and 0.529,P=0.025 and 0.002,respectively). Conclusions Serum IL-33 and sST2 may play roles in the pathogenesis of SLE among children.

Key words: Interleukin 33, Soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Disease activity

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