PMID- 16793032 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060915 LR - 20151119 IS - 0009-8981 (Print) IS - 0009-8981 (Linking) VI - 370 IP - 1-2 DP - 2006 Aug TI - Pro-inflammatory states and IGF-I level in ischemic heart disease with low or high serum iron. PG - 50-6 AB - BACKGROUND: Serum iron overload or iron deficiency appears to be associated with atherosclerosis and ischemic myocardial damage. Roles of low or high serum iron in patients with ischemic heart diseases are still controversial. METHODS: Serum samples for biochemical and immunologic analyses were collected from the 73 normal subjects and the 90 patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), the latter of which were selected from 142 patients and classified by low, normal and high serum iron. RESULTS: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), high sensitive C-Reactive protein (hsCRP), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) were increased and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I was decreased in IHD patients with low serum iron, whereas these parameters were not changed in IHD patients with normal or high serum iron, compared with normal subjects. Total bilirubin was increased in IHD patients with high serum iron but was not changed in IHD patients with low or normal serum iron, compared with normal subjects. CONCLUSION: The IHD patients with low serum iron were associated with a pro-inflammatory state, such as increased TNF-alpha, IL-6, and hsCRP; increased anti-inflammatory activities, such as increased IL-10; decreased cardiac protective factor, such as decreased IGF-I. These findings may imply that IHD patients with low serum irons were associated with less cardiac protection and more pro-inflammatory states than normal subjects or IHD patients with either normal or high serum iron. FAU - Lee, Shin-Da AU - Lee SD AD - School of Physical Therapy, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. FAU - Huang, Chih-Yang AU - Huang CY FAU - Shu, Wen-Tong AU - Shu WT FAU - Chen, Ter-Hsin AU - Chen TH FAU - Lin, James A AU - Lin JA FAU - Hsu, Hsi-Hsien AU - Hsu HH FAU - Lin, Chung-Sheng AU - Lin CS FAU - Liu, Chung-Jung AU - Liu CJ FAU - Kuo, Wei-Wen AU - Kuo WW FAU - Chen, Li-Mien AU - Chen LM LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20060621 PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Chim Acta JT - Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry JID - 1302422 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - 9002-72-6 (Growth Hormone) RN - 9007-41-4 (C-Reactive Protein) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Antioxidants/metabolism MH - Biomarkers MH - C-Reactive Protein/metabolism MH - Female MH - Growth Hormone/blood MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/blood/pathology MH - Inflammation Mediators/blood MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*analysis MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Iron/*blood MH - Lipid Metabolism MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Myocardial Ischemia/*blood/*pathology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism EDAT- 2006/06/24 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/16 09:00 CRDT- 2006/06/24 09:00 PHST- 2005/11/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/01/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/06/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/06/24 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0009-8981(06)00069-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cca.2006.01.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Chim Acta. 2006 Aug;370(1-2):50-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.01.012. Epub 2006 Jun 21.