Interleukin 8 role in tne development of «uremic malnutrition» in the patients with endstage renal disease under chronic hemodialysis

Abstract

The increased level of interleukin8 has been found to correlate with the uremic malnutrition in the patients with the endstage renal failure. Increase of the period of hemodialysis isfollowed by more pronouced signs of chronic inflammation. The increased level of IL8 in the serum may be taken as a pathogenic factor promoting «uremic malnutrition» in the endstage renal failure patients on chronic hemodialysis

Keywords

• malnutrition
• interleukin8
• chronic inflammation
• hemodialysis.