Soluble Interleukin 2 Receptors' Levels Versus Thyroid Hormones Levels in Nonthyroidal Disease

Ilias, Ioannis; Panoutsopoulos, Georgios; Filippou, Nikiforos; Dima, Anna; Christakopoulou, Ioulia; Roussou, Paraskevi

doi:10.14712/18059694.2019.139

Acta Medica > Archive > 1999, Vol. 42 > Issue 1 > Soluble Interleukin 2 Receptors' Levels…

Acta Med. 1999, 42: 13-14

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.139

Soluble Interleukin 2 Receptors' Levels Versus Thyroid Hormones Levels in Nonthyroidal Disease

Ioannis Ilias^a, Georgios Panoutsopoulos^b, Nikiforos Filippou^c, Anna Dima^c, Ioulia Christakopoulou^b, Paraskevi Roussou^d

^aSotiria Hospital, Department of Medicine, Athens, Greece
^bSotiria Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Athens, Greece
^cSotiria Hospital, Ninth Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Athens, Greece
^dThird Department of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received October 1, 1998
Accepted April 1, 1999

Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels, basal thyrotropin, total thyroxine, total triiodothyronine and free triodothyronine were assayed in 29 - otherwise healthy - patients with pulmonary tuberculosis before initiation of anti-tuberculosis treatment and after two weeks of therapy. Twenty seven out of 29 patients presented low-normal total triiodothyronine levels, showing a statistical elevation after anti-tuberculosis therapy. Total triiodothyronine levels before anti-tuberculosis therapy were inversely correlated with levels of serum soluble interleukin-2 receptors. Further investigation on the relationship between soluble interleukin-2 receptorÕs levels and thyroid hormones in non-thyroidal disease can be envisaged.