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Comparison of Inflammatory biomarkers secreted by monocytes isolated from healthy individuals with or without COPD
| Measured Biomarker | COPD patients | Healthy individuals | Significance | ||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | P | |
| MMP-9 (ng/ml) | 7.6 | 3.6 | 2.99 | 0.9 | 0.028 |
| IL-8 (pg/ml) | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.013 |
| ICAM-1(ng/ml) | 143 | 13 | 131 | 15 | 0.542 |
| TNF-α (pg/ml) | 9.7 | 2.9 | 10 | 3 | 0.75 |
| MIF (pg/ml) | 927 | 218 | 1314 | 214 | 0.246 |
| IL-6 (pg/ml) | 15 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0.059 |
| IL-1β (pg/ml) | 3.4 | 1.1 | 6 | 3.1 | 0.249 |
| MCP-1 (pg/ml) | 425 | 116 | 452 | 123 | 0.736 |
