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Lipid peroxidation and serum cytokines in acute alcoholic hepatitis.
Alcohol Alcohol
February 2007
Servicio de Medicina, Interna' Hospital Universitario, Ofra s/n, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Article Synopsis
- * The research included 53 male alcoholics and measured various substances in their serum, revealing elevated levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon gamma, and certain interleukins, with IL-10 often undetectable.
- * Findings suggest that both Th-1 and Th-2 immune responses are activated in these patients, with higher MDA levels linked to worsened liver function and prognosis, although the Maddrey index was a stronger predictor of survival in the analysis