# Clinical study of the cytokine panel in the diagnosis of ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease

**Authors:** 先静 程, 锐 吉, 瑞昊 黄, 世勤 黄, 围 范, 元程 赵, 容娣 袁, 筱淇 王, 曦 张

PMC · DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121090-20231031-00242 · Chinese Journal of Hematology · 2024-03-01

## TL;DR

This study identifies tear cytokines as potential biomarkers for diagnosing eye-related chronic graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants.

## Contribution

The study introduces tear cytokines as more specific and sensitive diagnostic markers for ocular chronic graft-versus-host disease.

## Key findings

- Tear cytokines IL-8, IL-10, IFN-γ, CXCL9, CCL17, and CCL19 show strong diagnostic potential for ocular cGVHD.
- Tear cytokines outperform serum cytokines in sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing ocular cGVHD.
- Tear cytokine levels correlate with eye surface disease parameters in cGVHD patients.

## Abstract

探索细胞因子与眼部慢性移植物抗宿主病（cGVHD）的相关性，筛选眼部cGVHD的特异性生物标志物。

通过建立小鼠cGVHD模型，探讨cGVHD与血清细胞因子相关性。根据动物实验结果和文献检索，确定了16种细胞因子组合，使用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）比较从2017年6月至2022年3月在陆军军医大学新桥医院血液病医学中心接受异基因造血干细胞移植后发生眼部cGVHD和未发生眼部cGVHD患者的血清与泪液细胞因子表达水平。

①与对照组比较，cGVHD小鼠血清IL-1β、IL-6、IL-8、IL-17、IFN-γ、CX3CL1、CXCL11、CXCL13、CCL11、CCL19浓度升高（P<0.05）；②患者血清和泪液细胞因子检测中，与未发生眼部cGVHD患者相比，眼部cGVHD患者血清细胞因子IL-8浓度升高（P＝0.032，AUC＝0.678）、IL-10浓度降低（P＝0.030，AUC＝0.701），泪液IL-8、IFN-γ、CXCL9和CCL17表达水平升高，而IL-10和CCL19表达水平较低（P<0.05，AUC值均>0.7），并且泪液细胞因子与眼部cGVHD疾病眼表参数相关。

泪液细胞因子较血清细胞因子诊断眼部cGVHD更具有特异性与敏感性。泪液细胞因子IL-8、IL-10、IFN-γ、CXCL9、CCL17和CCL19可以作为移植后眼部cGVHD诊断性生物标志物，对其临床诊断具有一定价值。

## Linked entities

- **Proteins:** IL1B (interleukin 1 beta), IL6 (interleukin 6), CXCL8 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8), IL10 (interleukin 10), IL17A (interleukin 17A), IFNG (interferon gamma), CX3CL1 (C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1), CXCL11 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 11), CXCL13 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 13), CCL11 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 11), CCL19 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 19), CXCL9 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9), CCL17 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 17)
- **Diseases:** chronic graft-versus-host disease (MONDO:0020547)
- **Species:** Mus musculus (taxon 10090)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** CXCL13 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 13) [NCBI Gene 10563] {aka ANGIE, ANGIE2, BCA-1, BCA1, BLC, BLR1L}, CXCL11 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 11) [NCBI Gene 6373] {aka H174, I-TAC, IP-9, IP9, SCYB11, SCYB9B}, Il1b (interleukin 1 beta) [NCBI Gene 16176] {aka IL-1beta, Il-1b}, Il6 (interleukin 6) [NCBI Gene 16193] {aka Il-6}, Ccl17 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 17) [NCBI Gene 20295] {aka Abcd-2, Scya17, Scya17l, Tarc}, CCL11 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 11) [NCBI Gene 6356] {aka SCYA11}, Il17a (interleukin 17A) [NCBI Gene 16171] {aka Ctla-8, Ctla8, IL-17, IL-17A, Il17}, Cx3cl1 (C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1) [NCBI Gene 20312] {aka ABCD-3, CX3C, Cxc3, D8Bwg0439e, FK, Scyd1}, Cxcl9 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9) [NCBI Gene 17329] {aka CMK, Mig, MuMIG, Scyb9, crg-10}, Ifng (interferon gamma) [NCBI Gene 15978] {aka IFN-g, If2f, Ifg}, Il10 (interleukin 10) [NCBI Gene 16153] {aka CSIF, If2a, Il-10}, CCL19 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 19) [NCBI Gene 6363] {aka CKb11, ELC, MIP-3b, MIP3B, SCYA19}, Cxcl15 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 15) [NCBI Gene 20309] {aka Il8, Scyb15, lungkine, weche}, Ccl19 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 19) [NCBI Gene 24047] {aka CKb11, ELC, Gm2023, MIP3B, Scya19, exodus-3}
- **Diseases:** cGVHD (MESH:D000092122)
- **Species:** Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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