Aim of this study was to test the effect of the BRAF-inhibitor (PLX4720) on the basal and TNF-α-induced CXCL8 secretions in BRAFV600E mutated (BCPAP, 8305C, 8505C), in RET/PTC rearranged (TPC-1) thyroid-cancer-cell-lines and in normal-human-thyrocytes (NHT). The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is thyroid gland carcinoma.