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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2010; 16(47): 6001-6009
Published online Dec 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i47.6001
Table 1 Clinical data and patient characteristics
ControlTherapy-naïve (before conventional therapy)First remission (with conventional therapy)Relapse (before IFX therapy)IFX therapy (before 2nd infusion)IFX therapy (before 3rd infusion)
Clinical data
n (boys/girls)15 (6/9)14 (6/8)10 (4/6) 12 (5/7)
Age (yr)12 (8-16)10 (8.5-13)11.5 (9.5-15.5)14 (11-16)14.5 (11.5-16)14.5 (12-16)
Body mass index (kg/m2)19.5 (16.5-22.3)13.9 (12.5-15.8)d18.6 (14.4-19.2)c17.4 (14.1-19.5)a18.8 (14.6-21.3)19.25 (16.1-22.1)
Body weight (percentile)58 (35-79)13 (4-23)d24 (19-44)c21 (7-28)a23 (15-63)35 (10-74)
Disease duration (mo)-10 (8.5-13)10.5 (8.5-15.5)11.5 (9.25-15)12 (9.5-15)12 (10-15)
Activity index (PCDAI)-45 (39-58)0 (0-5)f45 (25-48)j20 (7-28)g13 (2-22)l
Localization (n, montreal criteria)-L1 (1), L2 (2), L3 (11)L1 (0), L2 (2), L3 (8)L1 (1), L2 (2), L3 (9)
Laboratory data
White blood cell count (g/L)7.9 (5.7-10.1)12.4 (9.4-14.2)b11.7 (8.4-14.4)10 (8.2-11.2)7.9 (5.5-10.6)6.7 (4.5-10.4)e
Platelet (g/L)346 (288-375)657 (451-746)b442 (308-624)479 (396-750)b392 (293-523)383 (308-483)e
Serum iron (μmol/L)16 (14-21)4 (2-12)a8 (4-10)a4 (2-7)d5 (4-7)d8 (6-8)be
Serum albumin (g/L)45 (44-49)37 (34-39)d42 (42-45)c40 (36-41)d41 (38-45)b42 (38-45)b
C-reactive protein (mg/L)0 (0-1)21 (5-65)d7 (2-11)bc27 (9-55)h, d9 (3-11)d5 (1-14)de
Table 2 Prevalence and ratios of cellular members of adaptive immunity
Cell prevalence in parent populationControlTherapy-naïve (before conventional therapy)First remission (with conventional therapy)Relapse (before IFX therapy)IFX therapy (before 2nd infusion)IFX therapy (before 3rd infusion)
CD4+ in PBMC35.16 (24.81-47.79)36.52 (18.61-44.06)37.42 (22.27-44.26)39.12 (24.15-51.18)39.77 (27.71-50.30)35.65 (24.31-48.81)
Activated in CD4+5.92 (2.39-6.51)10.61 (3.93-19.04)a5.03 (3.37-7.93)g7.84 (5.30-11.67)a7.24 (5.67-12.25)a9.98 (5.45-16.19)b
Naïve in CD4+64.57 (59.86-73.03)63.36 (41.19-74.86)61.31 (39.09-73.05)66.31 (60.44-71.79)64.47 (53.90-77.87)58.11 (53.51-64.96)
Effector in CD4+21.91 (13.94-33.96)31.29 (22.80-55.78)a33.97 (28.54-39.44)a29.47 (26.54-36.19)a35.23 (27.74-40.36)a37.62 (35.74-45.24)bi
Naïve/effector ratio2.73 (1.60-4.97)1.57 (1.02-2.54)a1.43 (1.14-2.21)a2.34 (1.66-2.68)1.79 (1.47-2.36)1.52 (1.19-1.74)ae
Th1 in CD4+16.19 (9.91-25.26)6.49 (4.50-7.67)d12.89 (5.12-19.03)c10.9 (4.03-14.38)a12.73 (8.12-15.81)18.87 (12.51-38.11)e
Th2 in CD4+4.59 (2.78-5.51)4.7 (1.98-6.03)5.06 (1.42-8.48)3.97 (2.27-7.19)4.61 (2.55-5.65)4.46 (2.11-8.16)
Th1/Th2 ratio3.98 (3.06-5.12)1.60 (0.50-2.11)d1.95 (0.43-3.62)b2.68 (0.85-5.07)2.68 (1.42-6.14)3.25 (1.37-4.80)e
Treg in CD4+1.25 (1.10-2.37)1.36 (1.09-2.48)1.41 (1.07-3.50)1.31 (1.16-2.63)1.33 (1.07-2.99)1.96 (1.47-3.77)be
Table 3 Prevalence and ratios of cellular members of innate immunity
Cell prevalence in parent populationControlTherapy-naïve (before conventional therapy)First remission (with conventional therapy)Relapse (before IFX therapy)IFX therapy (before 2nd infusion)IFX therapy (before 3rd infusion)
NKT in PBMC1.39 (0.81-2.42)0.7 (0.11-1.33)a0.74 (0.37-1.34)0.72 (0.45-1.23)0.73 (0.37-1.20)0.83 (0.31-2.05)
NK in PBMC3.17 (1.71-4.76)1.73 (0.72-3.49)a1.98 (1.65-2.97)1.95 (0.72-4.81)2.14 (0.66-4.78)2.45 (1.26-4.85)
DC in PBMC0.61 (0.10-2.15)1.05 (0.54-3.32)a1.16 (0.58-2.98)a1.45 (1.09-3.46)a0.86 (0.30-2.80)0.82 (0.52-2.31)
mDC in DC46.04 (37.14-52.30)61.66 (45.37-72.74)b45.19 (37.83-56.68)c69.01 (40.11-74.79)ae60.01 (48.03-68.50)a57.39 (37.19-64.14)ag
pDC in DC27.38 (20.65-33.94)19.26 (15.08-24.58)a21.61 (14.76-32.61)a18.33 (16.59-26.42)a19.03 (17.26-32.38)27.39 (19.68-36.70)g
mDC/pDC ratio1.85 (0.44-1.46)3.05 (2.32-6.11)d2.35 (1.80-9.10)bc3.5 (1.74-7.79)d3.04 (2.03-4.65)d2.20 (1.66-5.54)bg
TLR-2 in DC8.8 (4.14-17.35)55.08 (37.27-57.94)d17.32 (6.32-32.54)c38.7 (19.31-54.59)be25.89 (5.69-60.43)16.70 (2.29-42.61)g
TLR-4 in DC2.24 (0.90-2.78)14.36 (6.26-19.20)b2.73 (1.35-7.21)f10.11 (2.29-19.55)ae5.31 (2.81-13.42)3.32 (0.10-6.05)g
Monocyte in PBMC2.01 (1.38-3.82)8.57 (3.82-16.72)b5.96 (2.49-21.22)ac7.3 (2.65-15.44)a5.58 (2.78-17.52)a5.31 (3.54-6.94)a
TLR-2 in monocyte16.44 (10.31-19.69)29.65 (17.83-39.77)a20.92 (7.87-29.15)c20.63 (7.05-29.01)19.89 (13.13-29.32)18.52 (10.29-28.96)
TLR-4 in monocyte7.17 (0.45-14.73)14.59 (3.01-35.23)a4.43 (1.82-8.31)c10.39 (2.10-26.54)8.26 (2.71-17.56)6.30 (2.48-18.94)