Tumor necrosis factor in familial Mediterranean fever
A Schattner, M Lachmi, A Livneh, M Pras… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Abstract purpose: The pleiotropic inflammatory effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
prompted a study of this cytokine in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a recurrent
polyserositis of unknown etiology. patients and methods: Thirty-six asymptomatic and 24
patients with acute FMF were studied and compared with 20 matched healthy subjects. TNF
levels were measured by bioassay in the plasma and in supernatants of peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMC) incubated alone or with an inducer (lipopolysaccharide …
prompted a study of this cytokine in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), a recurrent
polyserositis of unknown etiology. patients and methods: Thirty-six asymptomatic and 24
patients with acute FMF were studied and compared with 20 matched healthy subjects. TNF
levels were measured by bioassay in the plasma and in supernatants of peripheral blood
mononuclear cells (PBMC) incubated alone or with an inducer (lipopolysaccharide …
