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To the Editor: In Table 3 of their excellent review, Macario and Conway de Macario (Oct. 6 issue)¹ state that an elevated level of circulating heat-shock protein (HSP) 70 has not been associated with any disease. However, we recently described elevated levels of circulating HSP70 in sickle cell disease.² The increase in the level of HSP70 probably contributes to cytokine activation, since the protein may be released as a consequence of cell damage resulting from repeated episodes of ischemia–reperfusion injury.^3,4

Adeboye H. Adewoye, M.D.
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA 02118
hadewoye@bu.edu

Lillian McMahon, M.D.
Center of Excellence in Sickle Cell . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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