Comparison of Cervical Levels of Interleukins-6 and -8 in Patients with and without Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Vahedpour, Zahra; Abedzadeh- Kalahroudi, Masoumeh; Sehat, Mojtaba; Piroozmand, Ahmad; Memar, Maedeh

doi:10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.4.1225

Comparison of Cervical Levels of Interleukins-6 and -8 in Patients with and without Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia

Document Type : Research Articles

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¹ Autoimmune Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

² Trauma Nursing Research center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

³ Kashan Trauma Research Center Head of Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.

10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.4.1225

Abstract

Introduction: Interleukins-6 and -8 are two pro-inflammatory cytokines increasing in serum and local levels under malignant conditions. There are limited evidences on the association between cervical level of these two factors and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). So, this study aimed to explore the association between cervical levels of IL-6 and IL-8 with cervical premalignant lesions. Methods: The present case-control study was conducted on married women undergone Pap smear for routine screening in two groups as the group with CIN (n=100) and the healthy control group (n=100). Cervical secretions were collected using sterile swab and the levels of IL-8 and IL-6 were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: The mean cervical IL-6 level was 568.66±594.62 pg/ml in the patients with CIN and 212.7±213.9 pg/ml in the controls (P <0.001). The cervical IL-8 levels in the case and control groups were measured to be 1320.43±876.5 pg/ml and 1053.59±747.64 pg/ml, respectively (p=0.02). By modifying the confounding size effect of the age and marital duration, it was determined that cervical levels of IL-6 and IL-8 were both associated with CIN. Conclusion: Our results showed that the cervical levels of IL-6 and IL-8 are associated with CIN independent of age and marital dura

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