[Differential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum cytokines (soluble CD30, soluble interleukin-2 receptor, interleukin-10 and interleukin-6) in Hodgkin's disease and lymphosarcomas].

AIM: Determination of the importance of serum cytokines (sCD30, sIL-2R, IL-10, IL-6) for diagnosis, response to chemotherapy and remission in patients with lymphogranulomatosis and lymphosarcoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cytokine concentrations were measured in 87 samples of serum (plasma) from 54 patients by ELISA. Diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) was made histologically in 24 and 30 patients, respectively. RESULTS: The threshold concentrations of sCD30 (and less specific sIL-2R) for HD and NHL patients allowed to estimate sensitivity to chemotherapy after the second course. The threshold concentration of IL-10 can distinguish HD from NHL. Changes in IL-6 concentrations were nonspecific. CONCLUSION: On the basis of the threshold concentrations of sCD30 and IL-10 we offer the scheme of lymphoma diagnosis and prediction of the disease sensitivity to chemotherapy which reduce the duration of lymphoma restaging.