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[Significance and detection of interleukin-8 in human nasal polyps]
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. LP@fimmu.edu.cn
Objective:
To investigate the distribution and content of immunoreaction interleukin-8(IL-8) antigen in the human nasal polyps.
Methods:
Twenty-two cases of nasal polyp and 10 cases of normal inferior turbinate were studied with immunohistochemical SABC method and ELISA method.
Results:
Immunohistochemical results demonstrated that IL-8 antigen staining occurred predominantly within inflammatory and epithelium cell plasm. The level of IL-8 in nasal polyp tissue was higher than in normal control specimens. The value in nasal polyp tissue was in 322.06-2091.41 pg/ml, but in normal with a range of 29.31-332.19 pg/ml. The results demonstrated a remarkable difference between the two groups (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
These data demonstrated the presence of IL-8 antigen in nasal polyps. Thus IL-8 likely plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of this disease process. There is an important significance of finding a potential treatment method.