Open AccessDual association of serum interleukin-10 levels with colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Shabnam Abtahi,
Forogh Davani,
Zahra Mojtahedi,
Seyed Vahid Hosseini,
Alimohammad Bananzadeh,
Abbas Ghaderi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.199448
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , pathological , biomarker , pathogenesis , cytokine , gastroenterology , interleukin 10 , immune system , oncology , cancer , disease , interleukin , case control study , immunology , biology , biochemistry
Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is considered an immune modulator cytokine, showing both antitumor and pro-tumor characteristics. Its role in the pathogenesis and progression of colorectal cancer depends on microenvironmental milieu.