Cytokine Panel
Label Mnemonic: CYT12SE
Epic code: LAB7254
Downtime form: A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Serum
Specimen Instructions:
Separate serum cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.4 mL serum
Rejection Criteria:
Refrigerated specimens. Contaminated or heat inactivated specimens.
Delivery Instructions:
Deliver to laboratory immediately after collection. Critical frozen. Additional specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.
Turn Around Time:
1-4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Components                                  Reference Interval
Interleukin 2 Receptor, Soluble             175.3 pg/mL to 858.2 pg/mL 
Interleukin 12 	                            1.9 pg/mL or less 
Interferon gamma 	                    4.2 pg/mL or less 
Interleukin 4                               2.2 pg/mL or less 
Interleukin 5                               2.1 pg/mL or less 
Interleukin 10                              2.8 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 13                              2.3 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 1 beta                          6.7 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 6                               2.0 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 8                               3.0 pg/mL or less
Tumor Necrosis Factor - alpha               7.2 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 2                               2.1 pg/mL or less
Interleukin 17 	                            1.4 pg/mL or less

Note: Cytokine levels may demonstrate diurnal variation. For longitudinal comparison, it is recommended that cytokine levels be determined at the same time of day.
Interpretive Data:
Results are to be used for research purposes or in attempts to understand the pathophysiology of immune, infectious, or inflammatory disorders.
Methodology:
Quantitative Multiplex Bead Assay
CPT Code:
83520 x13