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Register NowInterleukin-08 (IL-8), Serum
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CPT Code:
83520
Test Type: 0.5 mL Serum
Stability Time:
Refrigerate; stable for seven days. Stable at room temperature for three days. Stable frozen for 14 days. Freeze/thaw cycles x2.
Overview:
Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a member if the neutrophil-specific CXC subfamily of chemokines, is a potent neutrophil chemotactic and activating factor.1 It is a primary inflammatory cytokine produced by many cells (including monocytes/macrophages, T cells, neutrophils, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, keratinocytes, hepatocytes, astrocytes, and chondrocytes) in response to proinflammatory stimuli such as bacteria and viruses. IL-8 serves to attract neutrophils to the site of inflammation and to activate them.
Results of this test are for research purposes only by the assay's manufacturer. The performance characteristics of this assay have not been established. Results should not be used as a diagnostic procedure without confirmation of the diagnosis by another medically established diagnostic product or procedure.
1. Mukaida N, Ketlinsky SA, Matsushima K. Interleukin-8. In: Thomson, AW and Lotze ME, eds. Cytokine Handbook. 4th ed, vol 2. London, UK, and San Diego, Calif: Academic Press, Elsevier Science; 2003: 1049-1081.
Collection Details:
Collection Instructions:
Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube.
Separate serum from cells. Transfer serum to a plastic transport tube.
Refrigerate; stable for seven days. Stable at room temperature for three days. Stable frozen for 14 days. Freeze/thaw cycles x2.