Systemic cytokine potential in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis
Journal: Tuberculosis and lung diseases
Year: 2020

The objective : to investigate the cytokine potential (TGF-β1, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-4) in the systemic blood circulation of patients who successfully completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, depending on whether they have chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). Subjects and methods . The study included 118 patients who had successfully completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis by the time of the examination. Group 1 included 79 patients with different forms of pulmonary tuberculosis wit