title: Interleukin 8 (IL-8) - a universal biomarker?
abstract: Many clinical conditions including various types of cancers are complex and generally require invasive, laborious, expensive and time-consuming investigations for their diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. There is therefore a general need for exploring non-invasive markers in clinical medicine. Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is currently being applied in various subspecialties of medicine either for the purpose of rapid diagnosis or as a predictor of prognosis. Nevertheless, there is need for large-scale studies to substantiate accuracy and outcome. This article will summarize current evidence suggesting that Interleukin 8 (IL-8) may serve as a useful biomarker.
authors.affiliation: Max F, Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural Biology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. aamir.shahzad@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Aamir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knapp
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Köhler