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Serum cytokine levels and the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer patients

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between serum concentrations of cytokines and soluble cytokine receptors in breast cancer patients and the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in tumor cells.

Methods: The study comprised 158 female breast cancer patients before treatment and 50 healthy individuals as a reference group.

Results: The study revealed significantly higher concentrations of most cytokines in breast cancer patients compared to the reference group...

Keywords: breast cancer, cytokine, estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor

09/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Exodus-1 (CCL20): evidence for the participation of this chemokine in spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor, and intrauterine infection

Aim: CCL20, also known as MIP-3 alpha, is a chemokine that participates in chemotaxis of immature dendritic cells, effector/memory T-cells, and B-lymphocytes...

Keywords: amniotic fluid, cytokine, inflammation, LARC, macrophage inflammatory protein 3 alpha, parturition, pregnancy

05/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter