METHOD OF USING CYTOKINE ASSAYS TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, AND EVALUATE INFLAMMATORY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

摘要

The invention provides methods for diagnosing, treating, or evaluating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases by sampling peripheral blood, serum, plasma, tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, or other bodily fluids from a human subject having a suspected diagnosis. The sample is analyzed for the presence and amount of certain cytokines, which provides the diagnosis, prognosis or 10 evaluation of therapeutic response.