Review Article

Cytokine Patterns in Iranian Patients with Asthma

Abstract

Asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases caused by chronic airway inflammation. A complex network of cytokines could affect asthma development.IL-4, IL-13, IL-17, and IL-33 have been identified as cytokines associated with asthma severity and these cytokines can be considered as candidate biomarkers for predicting the asthma severity while the IL-10 is lower in asthmatics compared with healthy subjects. There are many controversies about the IL-22, IL-25, and TGF-β levels between the Iranian publications. No significant differences have been observed between the healthy subjects and the asthmatic cases regarding the IL-6 and IL-8 levels.

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Cytokine Level Asthma Biomarker Iran

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Alyasin S, Kanannejad Z, Esmaeilzadeh H, Nabavizadeh H, Amin R. Cytokine Patterns in Iranian Patients with Asthma. Immunol Genet J. 2020;3(4):180-186.