Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Diabetes Comorbidity is Associated with
Heightened Systemic Th1, Th17, Treg Cytokines and Others Biochemical
Parameters
Abstract
Background: This study aims to evaluate the impact of type 2 diabetes on
pulmonary tuberculosis immune response. Methods: The tuberculosis
diagnosis was based on the sputum smear and positivity of culture,
whereas type 2 diabetes was diagnosis based on fasting blood sugar, 2-h
PG, and glycated haemoglobin. Standardized techniques were used to
obtain liver enzymes and lipid profiles whereas ELISA cytokine assay
system was used to measured plasma cytokines levels. Results: fasting
blood glucose (p<0.0001), 2hPG (p = 0.0097) and Glycated
haemoglobin percentage (p <0.0001) in TB patients with
diabetes were found to be significantly high as compare with TB patients
without diabetes. While total cholesterol (p= 0.0093), serum
triglycerides (p= 0.0001) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (p=
0.0086), were significantly high among Tb with diabetes, whereas High
density lipoprotein cholesterol found to be significantly (p = 0.0002)
elevated among TB patients without diabetes. TB and diabetes linked with
increase concentration of Th1 (IFN-γ and TNF-α), Th17 (IL-17A) and Treg
cytokines. The systemic levels of analysed cytokines show a positive
increase associated with the HbA1c levels among TB patients except with
IL-6 where there was no association with glycated haemoglobin. A
significantly increased association was found between IL-22 and IFN-γ
plasmatic levels. Conclusion: Our study shows an increase in
characterized TB diabetics patients in cytokine response, signalizing
that type 2 diabetes potentially participate in chronic inflammation that
increases pathology and low control of tuberculosis.