Open AccessEffects of adacolumn selective leukocytapheresis on plasma cytokines during active disease in patients with active ulcerative colitis
Author(s) -
Hiroyuki Hanai,
Takayuki Iida,
Masami Yamada,
Yoshihiko Sato,
Ken Takeuchi,
Tatsuo Tanaka,
Kenji Kondo,
Masataka Kikuyama,
Yasuhiko Maruyama,
Yasushi Iwaoka,
Akiko Nakamura,
Kazuhisa Hirayama,
Abby R. Saniabadi,
Fumio Watanabe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3393
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , apheresis , medicine , immunology , interleukin 8 , gastroenterology , leukapheresis , interleukin 23 , interleukin , cytokine , platelet , disease , biology , cd34 , stem cell , genetics
To investigate the relationship between ulcerative colitis (UC) clinical activity index (CAI) and circulating levels of IL-1ra, IL-10, IL-6 and IL-18.