Changes of Serum TNF-α in Acute Pancreatitis Patients and Its Clinical Significance

  • Wenrui Yang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/aem.v5i4.27
Keywords: TNF-α, Acute pancreatitis, Pancreatin, ELISA, octreotide

Abstract

Objective: The aimed of this study is to investigate the changes in serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) in the patients with acute pancreatitis treated with octreotide and its clinical significance. Method: Total of 65 patients of acute pancreatitis were selected as a case study, in which 30 patients with mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) and 35 severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) patients were treated with octreotide. 60 healthy subjects as control group and 65 case group was subjected to performed double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect the serum levels of TNF-α. Results: The serum TNF-α level in the case group was (12.67 ± 3.45) pg/mL and the control group was (1.56 ± 0.57) pg/mL. Case group was significantly higher than control group (p < 0.05). Serum level of acute pancreatitis (AP) before treatment was (8.96 ± 2.12) pg/mL. After treatment, SAP group was (17.34 + 4.56) pg/mL, MAP group was significantly lower than SAP group, and the difference was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The serum levels of TNF-α in patient with acute pancreatitis were significantly higher than those of normal healthy people, and their serum level was closely related to the severity of illness.

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Published
2018-03-19
Issue
Vol 5 No 4 (2016)
Section
Cases Report

Copyright (c) 2015 Wenrui Yang

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