title: Interleukin-6 level in patients with colorectal cancer.
abstract: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) contributes to a multitude of physiological and pathophysiological processes. We sought to determine the level of the IL-6 in serum and tumoral tissue of patients with staging of the tumor and whether serum IL-6 level in patients with colorectal cancer correlate with tumoral tissue level of it. Serum and tumoral tissue specimen (stored at -80 degrees C until the biochemical determination) from colorectal cancer (n=50) were examined for IL-6.we determined the IL-6 Level in serum and tumoral tissue supernatant with Instant ELISA kit. A significant association between serum IL-6 level and staging of the tumor (P<0.001), tumoral tissue IL-6 level (r=0.95, P<0.001) in the patients was founded. IL-6 amount of the serum and tumoral tissue in the patients with colorectal cancer correlate significantly with the staging of the tumor and with each other.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and Genetics Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farideh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esfandi
authors.forename: Shahrokh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohammadzadeh Ghobadloo
authors.forename: Gholam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015850:Interleukin-6