Circulating levels and promoter polymorphisms of interleukins-6 and 8 in pediatric cancer patients with fever and neutropenia

Haematologica. 2004 Feb;89(2):234-6.

Authors

Thomas Lehrnbecher¹, Gudrun Fleischhack, Mitra Hanisch, Frank Deinlein, Arne Simon, Toralf Bernig, Stephen J Chanock, Thomas Klingebiel

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Frankfurt, Germany.

PMID: 15003900

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Child
Fever / blood*
Fever / etiology
Genotype
Humans
Infections / blood*
Infections / diagnosis
Infections / etiology
Interleukin-6 / blood
Interleukin-6 / genetics*
Interleukin-8 / blood
Interleukin-8 / genetics*
Neoplasms / blood*
Neoplasms / complications
Neoplasms / drug therapy
Neoplasms / genetics
Neutropenia / blood*
Neutropenia / etiology
Point Mutation*
Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics*

Substances

Biomarkers
Interleukin-6
Interleukin-8