POSSIBILITIES OF CYTOKINE DETERMINATION AND THEIR ANALYSIS IN VARIOUS TISSUES

Abstract

Cytokines are small proteins that participate in many interactions between cells of the immune system as well as between many tissue cells including tumors. Currently, there is no universal classification of cytokines and they can be analyzed based on the cells that produce them or based on the type of activity. Cytokines have been studied for many years in medicine firstly in cancer patients in serum, but also in many other diseases including inflammation or other autoimmune diseases or other pathological conditions. Cytokines are still being discovered, and for many of them the structure, biological action and genes responsible for their regulation have already been determined. Bearing in mind that the development of technology has been developing enormously in the last period and those new methods of cytokine determination in various fluids and micro-concentrations are available to us. Here, the aim is to focus on the specific possibilities of determination and analysis of cytokine values in different tissues including cell culture supernatants, in individual cells as well as their genetic regulation. However, to understand their complex action in biological systems, including the pleiotropic effect of cytokines showing some time the overlap in the actions various models of analysis and interpretation of the obtained data are recommended today. This is especially complex and problematic in recent times of understanding the cytokine gene regulation and especially the possibility of their prediction. To resolve these problems, numerous databases have been created on the previously available experimental data, although their connection is not yet very clear. In addition, using integration of data, it is expected predict some models and systems in a specific situation, although it is still very difficult. So, aims are predict values in definitive situation and compare with some standards. Therefore, new methods of interpretation and new programs for analysis have been created. We expect that based on the new possibilities of analysis, better results will be achieved and that the role of these mediators for individual or personalized diagnosis or therapy in biomedicine will be determined.