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Relationship Between Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Postoperative Pneumonia with Esophageal Cancer

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Source URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11605-014-2531-3

Author(s)

Kazuhiko Sakamoto, Masaaki Oka, Shigehumi Yoshino, Shoichi Hazama, Shigeru Takeda, Kiyoshi Yoshimura, Naoko Okayama, Yuji Hinoda

This prospective study evaluated the relationship of inflammatory gene polymorphisms and postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy in 120 pts. One genotype for IL-10 was significantly associated with reduced postoperative serum IL-10 levels and an increased rate of postoperative pneumonia. IL-10 polymorphism was an independent predictor of pneumonia.