Tumor Necrosis Factor, Natural Killer Activity and Other Measures of Immune Function and Inflammation in Elderly Men with Heart Failure

Abstract

TNF and other measures of immune function and inflammation do not appear to be significantly elevated in elderly patients with heart failure of moderate severity. However, significant relationships exist between TNF, NK activity, XDP and E/alpha in the heart failure patients only, suggesting that immune activation and subclinical inflammation does exist in these patients.