IL6 and pulmonary arterial hypertension: Additionally, it would have been highly informative if we had been able to relate the elevated Phe:Tyr ratio (a proxy for PAH and GTPCH-1 pathway function) directly with inflammation, but the unavailability of enough plasma to assay inflammatory markers (e.g. interleukin-6, highly sensitive C-reactive protein, or neopterin) was prohibitive.