Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2022; 118(2): 409-410
Interleukin 35 (IL35): A New Biomarker for Coronary Artery Disease?
This Short Editorial is referred by the Research article "Interleukin-35 Levels in Patients with Stable Coronary Artery Disease".
In general terms, biomarkers are biologic parameters associated with an illness’s presence and severity. Biomarkers can be detected by several means, including the physical exam and evaluation by laboratory tests or by image.
A more recent and objectively directed definition restricts its realms to a proteic substance – enzyme, hormone or without known function- that relates to health status, indicating a good status of health or disease, thus allowing for diagnosing a given disease, or its severity, or else being a therapeutic target, or serving the purpose of therapeutic guidance, that can be obtained from the blood, urine, saliva or other body fluids or tissues.
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