Shahzad Aamir, Knapp Martin, Lang Irene, Köhler Gottfried
Max F, Perutz Laboratories, Department of Structural Biology and Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Int Arch Med. 2010 Jun 15;3:11. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-3-11.
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.
许多临床病症，包括各种类型的癌症，都很复杂，通常需要进行侵入性、费力、昂贵且耗时的检查来进行诊断、治疗和随访。因此，临床医学普遍需要探索非侵入性标志物。白细胞介素8（IL-8）目前正在医学的各个亚专业中应用，目的要么是快速诊断，要么是作为预后的预测指标。然而，需要大规模研究来证实其准确性和结果。本文将总结当前的证据，表明白细胞介素8（IL-8）可能是一种有用的生物标志物。
