Serum level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and N-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I (PINP) in patients with liver diseases.

Journal: Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of interleukin-6 and N-terminal propeptide of procollagen type I and their relationship in liver diseases of different etiologies.

Authors

  • Monika Gudowska-Sawczuk
    a Department of Biochemical Diagnostics , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Alicja Wrona
    b Department of Pediatric Laboratory Diagnostics , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Ewa Gruszewska
    a Department of Biochemical Diagnostics , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Bogdan Cylwik
    b Department of Pediatric Laboratory Diagnostics , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Anatol Panasiuk
    c Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Robert Flisiak
    c Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.
  • Lech Chrostek
    a Department of Biochemical Diagnostics , Medical University of Bialystok , Bialystok , Poland.