Study Relationship Between IL-17 , IL-17R in Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer is an acceptable term used for malignant tumors of the large intestine and rectum . These tumors are treated as one disease even though they differ from each other from a biological and therapeutic point of view. Cytokines are the intercellular messengers in the immune system where they combine function of several cell types in different body compartments into a cohesive immune response. They have evolved over the years and now include the interferons, the interleukins, the chemokine family, mesenchymal growth factors, the tumor necrosis factor family and adipokines. Cytokines are produced by induce a response from every cell, except red blood cells. In response to diverse stimulus cytokines are secreted from various cells inclusiveness white blood cells. Interleukin-17 is a proinflammatory cytokine, which is related with cancer development.