The Serum Level of IL-1B Correlates with the Activity of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis.

Mengling ZhanBenyong XuLan ZhaoBing LiLiyun XuQiuhong SunJun ZhangZhemin Zhang Haiqing Chu

Published in: Canadian respiratory journal (2018)

Higher level of serum IL-1B is associated with more severe cavitary and aspergilloma lesions, which are indicative of more active CPA. In addition, IL-1B level reduced accordingly after lesion resection. Measuring IL-1B level therefore could be served as a convenient method to monitor the activity of CPA and be a potential predictive/prognostic marker for treatment response.

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