Open AccessMultiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
Author(s) -
Ferdinand Wanjala Nangole,
Kelsey Ouyang,
Omu Anzala,
Julius A Ogeng’o,
George W. Agak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of inflammation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.656
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1178-7031
DOI - 10.2147/jir.s312091
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , immunology , inflammation , proinflammatory cytokine
Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook this study to compare various cytokines in patients with keloids and a control group of patients without keloids nor family history of keloids so as to determine which cytokines are elevated and could thus be critical in keloid formation.