ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA, cilt.52, sa.2, ss.143-147, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: The aims of this study were 1) to identify the level of inflammatory biomarkers interleukin (IL)-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8, IL-17, C-reactive protein (CRP), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), ferritin, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in serum and synovial fluid samples of patients who underwent revision arthroplasty surgery; 2) to establish the relationship between serum and synovial fluid levels; 3) to determine if any of the 11 genetic polymorphisms of TNF alpha, IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-17, and GCSF on the encoding genes was associated with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI).