A Brazilian study conducted by Nunes and coworkers [38] analyzed the expression of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for cytokines IL4, IL5, IL6, IL8, GM-CSF, and INF-gamma in patients with CF, who had nasal polyposis, and in a control group, using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and cystic fibrosis.