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Cytokine Profile in Gout: Inflammation Driven by IL-6 and IL-18?

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2016

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Nara Gualberto Cavalcanti, Cláudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Thiago Ubiratan Lins e Lins, Michelly Cristiny Pereira, Moacyr Jesus Barreto de Melo Rêgo, Ângela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Ivan da Rocha Pitta, Maíra Galdino da Rocha Pitta
Immunological Investigations

Abstract

IL-18 is associated with inflammatory activity in gout, as well as with IL-6 levels, while IL-6 is associated with clinical and laboratory activity, the presence of tophi and articular deformities, and may be a prognostic marker of this pathology.

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