Inflammatory Cytokines in Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Cause, Effect, or Both?

Cytokines and Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing / Apnea / OSA.
Serum IL-4, IL-12, IL-13, and TGF-beta levels correlate with sleep-disordered breathing severity in children and normalize after surgery. A clinical review of what this means.