The parameters of liver functional state as a risk factor of edematous pancreatitis development providing of genetic determination of il-4 production.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE\nIntroduction: One of the main pathophysiological mechanisms of acute pancreatitis development is the damage of pancreas cells and hepatocytes with enzymes activation. Recently, a powerful mechanism of the immune system involvement in the acute pancreatitis pathogenesis, in particular, from the position of genes polymorphism influence attracts more attention. The aim: To study the parameters of liver functional state as risk factors for the development of edematous pancreatitis under the conditions of genetic determination of IL-4 production.\n\n\nPATIENTS AND METHODS\nMaterials and methods: The study involved 101 patients with acute and the exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis in whom the polymorphic variants of gene IL-4 (C-590T), the activity of ALT, AST, GGTP, LDG and bilirubin fractions levels were determined.\n\n\nRESULTS\nResults: Among the patients with T-allele of IL-4 gene was more commonly encountered the excess of the activity of AST and ALT standarts than those with CC-genotype - by 27.94% and 24.33% respectively. The increase of the GGTP concentration was recorded in 79.21% of patients. The serum GGTP level was significantly higher in the TT-genotype owners than in those with C-allele. Hyperbilirubinemia by the total bilirubin, indirect and direct fractions was diagnosed more often in TT-genotype carriers than in CC-homozygotes.\n\n\nCONCLUSION\nConclusions: The dysfunction of hepatopancreatobiliary system is more significant in the TT-genotype carriers of IL-4 gene by the AST, ALT, bilirubin and its fractions high levels, however, were found to be risk factors the high levels of total bilirubin and its direct fraction.