Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 45, Issue 5, Pages 460-465Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12428
Keywords
Biomarkers; correlation; cytokines; inflammation; plasma; urine
Funding
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Faculty Research Grant [P1FRG0000000068]
- Procter and Gamble
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BackgroundInflammation is implicated in many adverse health conditions, and recent interest has focused on the effects of chronic low-grade inflammation in generally healthy populations. Cytokines measured in plasma or serum are commonly used as biomarkers of systemic levels of inflammation. Measurement of cytokines in urine may offer a simpler and less invasive alternative, although the degree to which levels of cytokines correlate in plasma and urine among healthy individuals is unknown. Materials and methodsWe assessed the correlation of blood and urine levels of 13 cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1b, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12(p70) and IL-13, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interferon gamma and tumour necrosis factor alpha in 61 healthy women aged 18-30. Cytokine concentrations were considered with and without correction for creatinine. ResultsPlasma and urine levels of the 13 cytokines were not significantly correlated using measured urinary cytokine concentrations and after adjustment for creatinine. Correlation coefficients for log-transformed cytokine concentrations in paired plasma and urine specimens ranged from -028 to 0087. ConclusionsThese results suggest that urine has limited utility as a proxy for plasma for the measurement of inflammatory factors in a healthy population with low levels of inflammation.
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