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Table 2 Cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

From: Immune responses in the lungs of patients with tuberculous pleural effusion without pulmonary tuberculosis

 

TPE group

Control group

P value

IFN-γ

17.36±17.26

1.43±1.95

0.0045*

TNF-α

18.92±15.04

4.24±4.29

0.004*

IL-1α

16.37±23.44

4.74±3.83

0.069

IL-1β

22.45±31.76

2.78±3.62

0.035

IL-2

6.26±19.79

0.74±1.68

0.195

IL-4

34.16±46.72

8.17±11.23

0.052

IL-6

5.78±18.27

0.94±2.08

0.207

IL-8

132.73±280.57

8.68±11.45

0.089

IL-10

17.63±29.55

22.24±25.79

0.357

VEGF

115.28±99.21

3.709±5.349

0.001*

  1. TPE = tuberculous pleural effusion; values represent mean ± SD; data after standardization shown as picograms per millilitre of epithelial lining fluid (ELF) (pg/mL ELF; IFN-γ = interferon gamma; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-1α = interleukin-1-alpha; IL-1β = interleukin 1-beta; IL-2 = interleukin-2; IL-4 = interleukin-4; IL-6 = interleukin-6; IL-8 = interleukin-8; IL-10 = interleukin-10; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor).
  2. * Bonferroni correction p < 0.005.
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BMC Immunology

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