Table 1

Promising use of interleukin 8 (IL-8) in various fields of medicine

Field

proposed Use^a

Reference

Urology and Nephrology

Marker for chronic prostatitis

[6]

Marker for acute pyelonephritis

[8]

Hematology

Marker for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

[17]

Oncology

Marker for urinary bladder cancer

[5]

Therapeutic target to control cancer growth and metastasis

[18]

Pediatrics

Marker for nasocomial bacterial infections in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

[15,16]

Marker for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).

[9]

Microbiology

Detection of pulmonary infections

[11]

Detection of osteomyelitis

[12]

Nuclear Medicine

^99mTc-labeled IL-8 scintigraphy for diagnosis of clinical conditions

[10]

a, Further large scale studies are required.

Shahzad et al. International Archives of Medicine 2010 3:11   doi:10.1186/1755-7682-3-11