Table 2.
Production of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1alpha (IL-1α) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) in patients with rejected grafts*
| Pro-inflammatory cytokines (pg/mm3) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Patient initials | Diagnosis | IL-1α | TNF-α |
| Non-inflammatory diseases: | |||
| D. P. | keratoglobus | 4.06 | 0.04 |
| M. M | bullous keratopathy | 6.30 | 0.11 |
| G. D. | rejected graft | 4.20 | 0.16 |
| N. Č. | rejected graft | 7.51 | 0.53 |
| M. B. | rejected graft | 5.91 | ND* |
| Inflammatory diseases: | |||
| F. O. | corneal ulcer | 6.68 | ND |
| P. B. | corneal ulcer | 8.34 | ND |
| F. P. | corneal scar | 7.18 | 1.90 |
| LJ. P. | corneal scar | 7.43 | ND |
| I. J. | corneal scar | 7.62 | 1.26 |
| N. N. | corneal scar | 5.93 | ND |
| I. P. | corneal scar | 2.78 | ND |
| M. P. | corneal scar | 12.68 | ND |
*ND – not detectable.