Serum interleukin-6 in patients with adrenal tumors.

Authors :: Kushlinskii NE
Britvin TA
Kazantseva IA
Baronin AA
Polikarpova SB
Bogatyrev OP
Tishenina RS
Kalinin AP
Source :: Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine [Bull Exp Biol Med] 2004 Mar; Vol. 137 (3), pp. 273-5.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: The mean blood content of interleukin-6 in patients with adrenal tumors was much higher than in healthy donors. No correlations were revealed between interleukin-6 level, patients sex and age, stage and duration of the disease. Interleukin-6 concentration was maximum in patients with adrenocortical cancer. A negative correlation was found between interleukin-6 level and blood cortisol concentration in patients with cortisol-producing adenoma. In patients with aldosterone-producing adenoma, interleukin-6 level tended to correlate negatively with plasma renin activity.