Tonsillar cytokine expression between patients with tonsillar hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis.
Emilia MikolaVarpu EleniusMaria SaarinenOscar PalomaresMatti WarisRiitta TurunenTuomo PuhakkaLotta IvaskaBeate RückertAlar AabTero VahlbergTytti VuorinenTobias AllanderCarlos A CamargoMübeccel AkdisCezmi A AkdisTuomas JarttiPublished in: Clinical and translational allergy (2018)
Intratonsillar T cell and interferon gene expressions appeared to be relatively stable for both tonsillar hypertrophy and recurrent tonsillitis. Of the studied cytokines, only newly discovered anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-37, was independently associated with tonsillar hypertrophy showing slightly stronger anti-inflammatory response in these patients.