While we confirmed some of their results (upregulation of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-13 in TAO patients), our work permitted to highlight IL 12-p70 as a promising cytokine but also some non-concordant results between their studies and our (for IL-1β, IL-2 and IL-8). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is thromboangiitis obliterans.