INCREASING LEVELS OF INTERLEUKIN-1, INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST IN BALINESE IDIOPATHIC GRANDMAL EPILEPSY

Background Recent findings suggest that inflammation play an important role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Idiopathic grandmal epilepsy is common in children with incidence of... Interleukin-1 b is the master of pro inflammation cytokine and.... Interleukin-1RA, another member of the IL-1 family is often measured as an indicator of disease severity because IL-1 levels in the circulation are usually very low...because IL-1RA is a specific antagonist of IL-1, elevated levels of IL-1 RA could indicate a desirable clinical scenario for reducing the inflammation caused by IL-1.