With an assessment of 16 cytokines, the CytoDx provides clinicians with powerful insight into their patient’s systemic immune regulatory function, allowing for advanced health assessment and individualized treatment plans based on specific immune responses.
Alterations in the immune system that result in chronic inflammation and autoimmunity have been linked to a wide range of health conditions and diseases. Cytokines are important mediators of many immune responses, and imbalances in cytokines have been shown to play key roles on chronic inflammation and autoimmunity. Most cytokines can be generally characterized as pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory, depending on their primary effects on immune responses. Immune responses are often further characterized by the type of T helper (Th) cell involved.
Gut-Immune Connection: “It is now widely recognized that the gut – and especially the gut microbiome – plays a critical role in regulating immune function, and has been shown to affect circulating cytokines such IL-6, TNF-alpha, and IL-17.”
Analytes:
Pro-Inflammatory:
- GM-CSF2.57
- INF gamma : Th1
- IL-1 beta
- IL-2 : Th
- IL-6 : Th2
- IL-7
- IL-8
- IL-12 p70 : Th1
- IL-17A : Th17
- IL-18
- TNF alpha
Anti-Inflammatory:
- IL-4 : Th2
- IL-5 : Th2
- IL-10 : Treg
- IL-13 : Th2
- IL-15