Assessment of the Contribution of Cytokine Plasma Levels to Detect Retinopathy of Prematurity in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

There is a relationship between high plasma levels of IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α in the first days of life with the later development of ROP severe enough to treat in preterm infants with early-onset sepsis. Further epidemiologic studies are needed to explore other possible associations of high serum levels of cytokines with ROP in this population at high risk.