title: Proinflammatory cytokines in cardiac myxomas.
abstract: Serum levels of various cytokines were measured in three patients with cardiac myxomas presenting with and without constitutional symptoms, immunological features and elevated plasma levels of interleukin-6. Interleukin-6 but not other cytokines (interleukin-1, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma) relate to immunological features of the patients. Circulating levels of atrial natriuretic peptide correspond to haemodynamic changes but not to the tumour-bearing state itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wiedermann
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reinisch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischer-Colbrie
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vollmar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herold
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D001708:Biopterins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D009232:Myxoma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000601:surgery; D019798:Neopterin
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D015850:Interleukin-6; D001708:Biopterins; D019798:Neopterin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor