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Submitted on April 17, 2002
Revised on September 25, 2002
Accepted on September 27, 2002

Levels of Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines and Neurological Worsening in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Nicolás Vila MD; José Castillo MD; Antonio Dávalos MD; Anna Esteve PhD; Anna M. Planas PhD; and Ángel Chamorro MD*

From the Hospital Clínic (N.V., A.C.), Clinical Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Instituto Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Hospital Clínic Universitario (J.C.), Santiago de Compostela; Hospital Universitario Doctor Josep Trueta (A.D.), Girona; Centre Estudis Epidemiològics sobre la SIDA de Catalunya (A.E.), University Hospital Germans Trías i Pujol, Badalona; and Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (A.M.P.); Instituto Investigaciones Biomédicas Consejo Superior Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: chamorro{at}medicina.ub.es.

Background--Mechanisms involved in stroke progression are incompletely understood. Ischemic brain injury is characterized by acute local inflammatory response mediated by cytokines. Anti-inflammatory cytokines act in a feedback loop to inhibit continued proinflammatory cytokine production. We assessed the implication of interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-4 in deteriorating ischemic stroke.

Methods--Two hundred thirty-one patients with ischemic stroke within the first 24 hours from onset were included. Neurological worsening was defined when the Canadian Stroke Scale score fell at least 1 point during the first 48 hours after admission. Anti-inflammatory cytokines were determined in plasma obtained on admission.

Results--Eighty-three patients (35.9%) worsened within the first 48 hours after stroke onset. Significantly lower concentrations of IL-10 were found in patients with neurological worsening (P<0.05), but IL-4 levels were similar in patients with or without deterioration. Lower plasma concentrations of IL-10 (<6 pg/mL) were associated with clinical worsening on multivariate analysis (odds ratio=3.1, 95% CI=1.1 to 8.9) independently of hyperthermia, hyperglycemia, or neurological condition on admission. Further analysis disclosed that early worsening was independently associated with lower IL-10 plasma levels in patients with subcortical infarcts or lacunar stroke but not in patients with cortical lesions.

Conclusions--Anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 is associated with the early clinical course of patients with acute ischemic stroke, especially in patients with small vessel disease or subcortical infarctions.


Key words: cytokines • inflammation • interleukin-4 • interleukin-10 • neuroprotection • stroke, ischemic




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