Interleukin-8 is increased in cerebrospinal fluid of children with severe head injury
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OBJECTIVE: To determine interleukin (IL)-8 concentrations in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid from children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University children's hospital. PATIENTS: Twenty-seven children hospitalized with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale score < or =8), seven children with cerebrospinal fluid culture-positive bacterial meningitis, and twenty-four age-equivalent controls. INTERVENTIONS: Placement of an intraventricular catheter and continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Median [range] cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 concentration in children with TBI (0-12 hrs) (4,452.5 [0-20,000] pg/mL) was markedly greater than that in controls (14.5 [0-250]) (p < .0001) and equivalent to concentrations in children with meningitis (5,300 [1,510-22,000] pg/mL) (p = .33). Cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 remained increased in children with severe TBI for up to 108 hrs after injury. Univariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated an association between cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 and child abuse (p = .07) and mortality (p = .01). Multivariate analysis demonstrated a strong, independent association between cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 and mortality (p = .01). CONCLUSIONS: The data are consistent with an acute inflammatory component of TBI in children and suggest an association between cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 and outcome after TBI. IL-8 may represent a potential target for anti-inflammatory therapy.
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Child abuse resulting in pediatric traumatic brain injury is associated with elevated IL-4, IL-12, and IL-8.
“Child abuse that results in pediatric traumatic brain injury has also been associated with elevated IL-4, IL-12 (Amick et al., 2001), and IL-8 (Whalen et al., 2000).”
From Developmental psychoneuroendocrine and psychoneuroimmune pathways from childhood adversity to disease (2017) · cites this paper as Whalen et al., 2000
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- Whalen, M. J., Carlos, T. M., Kochanek, P. M., Wisniewski, S. R., Bell, M. J., Clark, R. S. B., DeKosky, S. T., Marion, D. W., & Adelson, D. P.
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- University of Pittsburgh (US)
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- 2000-04
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- 929-934
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- 0090-3493 (ISSN-L)
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Inflammation biomarkers and pathways
- Keywords
- interleukin-8, cerebrospinal fluid, severe traumatic brain injury, pediatric head injury, bacterial meningitis, intraventricular catheter, mortality, child abuse, neuroinflammation, anti-inflammatory therapy
- MeSH terms
- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Craniocerebral Trauma, Humans, Infant, Male, Prospective Studies, Time Factors, Biomarkers, Logistic Models, Interleukin-8, Meningitis, Bacterial
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