Patent ID: 7112409

Claim:
A method of determining the dose of a hematopoietic cytokine to be administered to a patient before or after a myelosuppressive agent is to be administered to the patient, comprising: (a) measuring the level of at least one hematopoietic cytokine selected from the group consisting of SCF (stem cell factor), FLT-3 (FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3), IL-1 (interleukin 1), IL-3 (interleukin 3), IL-11 (interleukin 11), MIP-1α (macrophage inflammatory protein 1-alpha), TGF-β3 (transforming growth factor beta-3) and TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor-alpha) in a blood sample from the patient; (b) comparing the level of the hematopoietic cytokine to the levels of the cytokine in normal subjects; and (c) administering to the patient a dose of the hematopoietic cytokine based on the comparison of levels.