title: [Cytokine].
abstract: It remains to be elucidate whether measurements of cytokines in serum have any clinical significance. In this article, the clinical uses of cytokines are reviewed. The purposes of clinical use of cytokines are: 1) for the immunological treatment of malignancy; and 2) as hematopoietic growth factors. During the clinical use of cytokine, measurements of cytokine in serum might be important to estimate clinical efficacy and the clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007372:Interferons