Abstract:Objective To investigate the serum interleukin-34 (IL-34) level and its relationship with other inflammatory cytokines in patients with active tuberculosis. Methods A total of 120 active tuberculosis patients admitted to the Department of Tuberculosis of the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University from January 2019 to December 2019 were selected as the tuberculosis group, and 120 healthy people during the same period were selected as the control group. The tuberculosis group included 57 cases with positive sputum, 63 cases with negative sputum, in which 92 cases were cured and 28 cases were not cured. The serum IL-34, IL-6, IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-ɑ) levels were measured by double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The levels of serum IL-34, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-ɑ in the tuberculosis group were higher than those in the control group (P?0.05). The serum levels of IL-34, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-ɑ in patients with sputum-positive pulmonary tuberculosis were higher than those in patients with sputum-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (P?0.05). Before treatment, there were no significant differences in serum levels of IL-34, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-ɑ between tuberculosis patients that were cured and those who were not cured (P?>?0.05). The differences of the levels of serum IL-34, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-ɑ before and after treatment in patients that were not cured were lower than those in cured patients (P?0.05). The level of serum IL-34 in patient with tuberculosis was positively correlated with serum levels of IL-6 (r?=?0.534), IL-8 (r?=?0.576) and TNF-ɑ (r?=?0.548) (P?0.05). Conclusions The level of serum IL-34 in patient with active tuberculosis is elevated. IL-34 may participate in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis through immune inflammation. The level of IL-34 is closely related to the patient’s condition, therapeutic efficacy and prognosis.