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. 2020 Jun;145(6):1701-1704.e3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.01.021. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Serum IL-6: A biomarker in childhood asthma?

Daniel J Jackson  1 , Leonard B Bacharier  2 , Agustin Calatroni  3 , Michelle A Gill  4 , Jack Hu  3 , Andrew H Liu  5 , Lisa M Wheatley  6 , James E Gern  7 , Rebecca S Gruchalla  4 , Gurjit K Khurana Hershey  8 , Meyer Kattan  9 , Carolyn M Kercsmar  8 , Haejin Kim  10 , George T O'Connor  11 , Shilpa Patel  12 , Jacqueline A Pongracic  13 , Robert A Wood  14 , William W Busse  7
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Serum IL-6: A biomarker in childhood asthma?

Daniel J Jackson et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Serum IL-6 was associated with asthma exacerbation risk but not with symptoms or lung function in urban children; further studies to evaluate the role of IL-6 in the life course of asthma are needed.

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Figure E1.
Figure E1.
Distribution of serum IL6 (N=702) with 25th and 75th percentiles (blue lines) and threshold for high and low IL6 (red line).0.18 pg/ml is the lower limit of detection.
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