Cytokine Panel

Label Mnemonic:	CYT12SE
Epic code:	LAB7254
Downtime form:	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