Longitudinal patterns of cytokine expression at the individual level in humans after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

ABSTRACT: The study of the human response to injury has been hampered by the inherent heterogeneity in the models and methods used. By studying a standard injury longitudinally, using individual patient-level analysis, we endeavoured to better describe its dynamics. We analysed clinical variables, clinical laboratory and plasma cytokines from 20 patients at five time points. Clustering analysis showed two prototype patterns of cytokine behaviour: a concordant type, where cytokines behave the same way for all patients (notably IL-0 and TNFα), and a variable type, where different patterns of expression are seen for different patients (notably IL-8, IL-6 and IL-1RA). Analysis of the cytokines at the individual patient-level showed a strong four-way correlation between IL-1RA, GCSF, MIP-1β and MCP-1. As

SUBMITTER: Trahtemberg U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299711 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature