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Table 4 Levels of soluble MICA in infectious diseases patients

From: Elevation of soluble major histocompatibility complex class I related chain A protein in malignant and infectious diseases in Chinese patients

Pathogens

Number of cases

Sex (male/female)

Age (year) mean ± S.D. (range)

sMICA (pg/ml)

P (vs controls)

Enterobacteriaceae

40

26/14

59.2 ± 22.1(1-91)

492.2 ± 295.9

<0.001

M. tuberculosis

55

41/14

56.1 ± 19.0(2-88)

493.9 ± 256.4

<0.001

Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria

39

26/13

49.4 ± 22.1(5-90)

384.1 ± 416.2

<0.001

Gram-positive cocci

12

10/2

38.9 ± 21.9(2-84)

542.3 ± 382.9

<0.001

Hepatitis B virus

74

45/29

44.1 ± 16.6(15-87)

472.4 ± 103.6

<0.001

Hepatitis C Virus

94

48/46

50.3 ± 15.4(18-86)

474.9 ± 123.1

<0.001

Other viruses*

176

124/52

12.9 ± 19.1(1-75)

251.2 ± 256.3

>0.05

Microspironema pallidum

42

24/18

37.2 ± 16.1(1-69)

365.8 ± 476.6

<0.001

Canidia albicans

14

11/3

66.2 ± 22.0(0.2-90)

285.0 ± 215.3

>0.05

Healthy controls

141

81/60

44.0 ± 11.4(22-70)

168.5 ± 56.7

 
  1. *: including herpes simplex virus, Coxsackie virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus.