...-17, GM-CSF were undetectable in >90% of the samples and hence left out of the analysis. For IL-1ra, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-9, IL-12, IL-12p, IL-13, basic-FGF, eotaxin and TNF-α one outlier was excluded from each cytokine in the analysis. CRP and cytokine levels are displayed in Table 2 . Table...

...Tomislav Soric; Mirnes Selimovic; Lada Bakovic; Tatjana Šimurina; Robert Selthofer; Jerka Dumic Introduction: The study aimed to explore clinical influence of prostatic stones on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), seminal plasma cytokines, and serum biomarkers. Materials and Methods: A total...

...Axel Bex; John B.A.G. Haanen; Florry A. Vyth-Dreese; Simon Horenblas; Gijsbert C. de Gast Aims: To assess the strategy of using an absence of progression at metastatic sites following initial cytokine therapy outcome as a selection criterion for nephrectomy in patients with synchronous metastatic...

... approaches, we characterized several primary cultures from renal cell carcinoma. Materials and Methods: Cell cultures were tested for activity of telomerase, secretion of immunosuppressive cytokines and others. The induction of cytotoxic activity against the autologous tumor was tested in a cytotoxicity...