Taken together, exogenous leptin administration regulated inflammatory factors and the expression of OB‑Rb at the early stage of AP, which exerted protective effects by through the immunological and endocrinal pathways.
These findings indicate that leptin and TNFα are associated with IPFD independent of abdominal fat distribution and other covariates in individuals after AP.
The aim of the present study was: (1) to assess plasma leptin levels in rats with caerulein-induced pancreatitis (CIP) and humans with acute pancreatitis; and (2) to determine the effects of exogenous leptin on the course of acute CIP in rats.
Serum Serine Peptidase Inhibitor Kazal-Type 1, Trypsinogens 1 to 3, and Complex of Trypsin 2 and α1-Antitrypsin in the Diagnosis of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.
This study aimed to investigate the clinical and analytical features and the APOE genotypes in patients with acute pancreatitis and severe hypertriglyceridemia.
Because apoprotein E (Apo E) genetic polymorphism has an important influence on CMR clearance, we compared frequency distribution of Apo E phenotypes in 52 patients with AP, 109 patients with gallstones, and 110 control subjects.
Our goal was to assess PTX3 as a predictor of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), death and disease severity in acute pancreatitis (AP) in comparison to C-reactive protein (CRP) and the APACHE II score.
Resistin treatment significantly increased the secretion of amylase, and the mRNA expression levels of TNF‑α and IL‑6 in the cerulein‑induced in vitro AP model.
The study's objective was to assess the association between the PRSS1R122H and N29I and the SPINK1 N34S mutations and acute pancreatitis (AP) and recurrent pancreatitis in Mexican pediatric patients.
Interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha are known detrimental mediators during the progression of acute pancreatitis, and blockade of either cytokine results in decreased severity of pancreatitis and improved survival.
Overall, no significant association was found between TNF-α gene -308A/G polymorphism and AP risk when all studies were pooled into the meta-analysis (for A/A+A/G versus G/G: OR = 1.03, 95% CI = 0.83-1.28, P = 0.79; for A/A versus A/G+G/G: OR = 0.97, 95% CI = 0.65-1.45, P = 0.87; for A/A versus G/G: OR = 1.23, 95% CI = 0.79-1.91, P = 0.37; for A allele versus G allele: OR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.83-1.18, P = 0.90).
However, a predetermined imbalance between IL-1beta and its antagonist IL-1RA would appear to exist in patients with severe acute pancreatitis, although the genetic basis for this altered relationship could not be determined.