| Item type: | Article | ||||
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| Journal or Publication Title: | European Journal of Endocrinology | ||||
| Publisher: | BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD | ||||
| Place of Publication: | BRISTOL | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 365-374 | ||||
| Date: | 2002 | ||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Herz-, Thorax- und herznahe Gefäßchirurgie Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I | ||||
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| Keywords: | SYSTEMIC-LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS; ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MESSENGER-RIBONUCLEIC-ACID; LOW-DOSE ACTH; RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS; LEYDIG-CELLS; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; FACTOR-ALPHA; REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DHEA REPLACEMENT; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status: | Published | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
| Item ID: | 73117 |
Web of ScienceAbstract
Objective: Serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulphate (DHEAS) are low in chronic inflammatory diseases, although the reasons are unexplained. Furthermore, the behaviour of serum levels of these hormones during an acute inflammatory stressful disease state is not well known. Subjects and methods: In this study in patients with an acute inflammatory stressful disease state (13 ...
Abstract
Objective: Serum levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulphate (DHEAS) are low in chronic inflammatory diseases, although the reasons are unexplained. Furthermore, the behaviour of serum levels of these hormones during an acute inflammatory stressful disease state is not well known. Subjects and methods: In this study in patients with an acute inflammatory stressful disease state (13 patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery) and patients with chronic inflammation (61 patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)) vs 120 controls, we aimed to investigate adrenal hormone shifts looking at serum levels of DHEA in relation to other adrenal hormones. Furthermore, we tested the predictive role of serum tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) for a change of serum levels of DHEA in relation to other adrenal hormones. Results: The molar ratio of serum levels of DHEA/androstenedione (ASD) was increased in patients with an acute inflammatory stressful disease state and was decreased in patients with chronic inflammation. The molar ratio of serum levels of DREAS/DHEA was reduced during an acute inflammatory stressful disease state and was increased in patients with chronic inflammation. A multiple linear regression analysis revealed that elevated serum levels of TNF were associated with a high ratio of serum levels of DHEA/ASD in all groups (for IL-6 in patients with an acute inflammatory stressful disease state only), and, similarly, elevated serum levels of TNF were associated with a high ratio of serum levels of DHEAS/DHEA only in IBD (for IL-6 only in healthy subjects). Conclusions: This study indicates that changes of serum levels of DHEA in relation to serum levels of other adrenal hormones are completely different in patients with an acute inflammatory stressful disease state compared with patients with chronic inflammation. The decrease of serum levels of DHEAS and DHEA is typical for chronic inflammation and TNF and IL-6 play a predictive role for these changes.
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