Title : The combination of arsenic, interferon-alpha, and zidovudine restores an "immunocompetent-like" cytokine expression profile in patients with adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma.

Pub. Date : 2013 Aug 20

PMID : 23962110






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1 Importantly, arsenic/IFN/zidovudine therapy sharply diminished IL-10 transcript and serum levels concomittant with decrease in IL-4 and increases in IFN-gamma and IL-2 mRNA, whether or not values were adjusted to the percentage of CD4+CD25+ cells. Arsenic interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens
2 CONCLUSIONS: The observed shift from a T(reg)/Th2 phenotype before treatment toward a Th1 phenotype after treatment with arsenic/IFN/zidovudine may play an important role in restoring an immuno-competent micro-environment, which enhances the eradication of ATL cells and the prevention of opportunistic infections. Arsenic interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens