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Circulating IL-6 associates with a distinct pediatric asthma subtype and serves as a potential key predictor for risk stratification.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 1 Oct 2026
Liu Yuyang, Cheng Lina, Wang Lu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUNDS: Childhood asthma is a heterogeneous disease wherein systemic inflammation, particularly involving nontype 2 cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), is not universally present and its clinical significance remains unclear. This cross-sectional observational study aimed to elucidate the association between circulating IL-6 levels and the phenotypic characteristics of pediatric asthma, and to explore...
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- Humans
- Asthma
- Interleukin-6
- Male
- Female
- Child
- Cross-Sectional Studies
