Interleukin-8 is increased in chronic kidney disease in children, but not related to cardiovascular disease.
Seçil Conkar TunçayEser DoğanGülden HakverdiZulal Ülger TutarSevgi MirPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)
IL-8 is the sole cytokine that increases in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease among other cytokines (IL-10, IL-13 and TGF-β1). However, we did not show that IL-8 is related to the presence of cardiovascular disease.