To investigate the clinical significance of peripheral blood Toll like receptor 2 (TLR2) mRNA and interleukin 1β (IL-1β) in evaluating the condition and prognosis of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods A total of 96 active pulmonary tuberculosis patients admitted to our hospital from January 2019 to December 2020 were selected as the case group, and 80 healthy examinees in our hospital were simultaneously selected as the control group. Fluorescence real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression level of TLR2 mRNA in peripheral blood, and multiplex microsphere flow immunofluorescence method was used to detect serum IL-1β level. The differences in peripheral blood TLR2 mRNA and serum IL-1β levels between 2 groups were compared. Spearman correlation analysis was used to explore the relationship between TLR2 mRNA, IL-1β and APACHE Ⅱ score. The ROC curve was used to analyze the value of peripheral blood TLR2 mRNA and serum IL-1β on the prognosis of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, and the related factors of the prognosis of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis were analyzed by multivariate Logistic regression. Results Compared with the control group, peripheral blood TLR2 mRNA and serum IL-1β levels of the case group were significantly higher (P<0.05). TLR2 mRNA and IL-1β were positively correlated with APACHE Ⅱ score (r=0.532, 0.592, P<0.05). The levels of peripheral blood TLR2 mRNA and serum IL-1β in the good prognosis group (65 cases) were significantly lower than those in the poor prognosis group (31 cases) (P<0.05). The AUC of TLR2 mRNA and IL-1β on predicting the prognosis of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis were 0.678 (95% CI: 0.566-0.781) and 0.716 (95% CI: 0.669-0.783), respectively. Under the cut-off value of 5.76, the sensitivity of TLR2 mRNA predicting prognosis was 84.4% and the specificity was 65.2%. Under the cut-off value of 2.57, the sensitivity of IL-1β predicting prognosis was 78.6% and the specificity was 60.1%. The AUC of TLR2 mRNA combined with IL-1β was 0.911, the sensitivity was 87.1%, and the specificity was 90.4%. The results of multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that TLR2 mRNA and IL-1β were risk factors for the poor prognosis of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (P<0.05). Conclusions Peripheral blood TLR2 mRNA and serum IL-1β are closely related to the condition of patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis, and both have certain predictive value for the prognosis of patients. |