Akira Shimada, Yasuhide Hayashi, Mizuho Ogasawara, Myoung-Ja Park, Masahiko Katoh, Hisanori Minakami, Toshiyuki Kitoh, Seiji Kojima, Keisei Kawa, Hirokazu Kimura
Down syndrome (DS) patients are frequently complicated with infections, autoimmune phenomena and hematological disorders, including transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) in infancy and acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia (AMKL) in later life. In this study, serum levels of cytokines from 23 TAM and 15 AMKL patients were examined using the highly sensitive microsphere fluorescence system. Statistical differences between DS neonates with or without TAM were found in IL-1beta [median 7.0 pg/ml (0.34-271.6) verses 0...
September 2007: Leukemia Research