Papers
Jie FANG, Gui-hua RAO, Jian-feng SONG, Ming-liang CHEN
Objective: To investigate the peripheral blood cytokine levels in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and to analyze its correlation with Killip classification, N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide precursor (NT-proBNP), cardiac troponin I (cTnI), creatine kinase isoenzymes (CK-MB), and to provide a theoretical basis for assessing the severity and prognosis of the disease. Methods: A total of 312 patients with AMI admitted to Minhang Hospital, Fudan University from Jul 2021 to Oct 2023 were enrolled as the case group, and 201 patients with unstable angina pectoris were selected as the control group. General clinical data of the subjects were collected, and the concentrations of cytokines (IL-5, IFN-α, IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-12p70, IL-17, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α) in peripheral blood were detected by multiplex bead-based flow cytometry. NT-proBNP, cTnI and CK-MB were measured by chemiluminescence methods. The levels of cytokines between the two groups were compared, and their correlations with Killip classification, NT-proBNP, cTnI and CK-MB were analyzed. The predictive efficacy of cytokines for AMI was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results: There were no significant differences in baseline data between the AMI group and the control group (P > 0.05), with the exception of age. The levels of IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α in the AMI group were higher than those in the control group (all P < 0.01). The correlation analyses showed that IL-6 was positively correlated with Killip classification, NT-proBNP, cTnI and CK-MB (all P < 0.01). ROC analyses showed that IL-6 levels had good predictive efficacy for AMI (AUC=0.882 9, P < 0.01). Conclusion: The expression of IL-6 was significantly increased in patients with AMI, and it was positively correlated with Killip classification, NT-proBNP, cTnI and CK-MB, suggesting that IL-6 may serve as a potential biomarker for assessing the severity of AMI.