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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Aug 30;136(5):1280–1288. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.010

Table 3.

Cytokine analysis

	Lung tissue (pg/mL)

	IL-1	IL-6	TNF-α	IFN-γ

Sham	10865±1086	403±88	811±90	1870±9
Control	22839±536^a	7402±371^b	2002±148^b	2530±9^c
ATL	21033±694^a	2136±247	765±129	1770±20

	Bronchoalveolar lavage (pg/mL)

	IL-1	IL-6	TNF-α	IFN-γ

Sham	382±45	126±41	311±24	75±17
Control	753±45^b	389±70^b	330±10	161±17^b
ATL	434±45	178±12	285±43	52±7

	Plasma (pg/mL)

	IL-1	IL-6	TNF-α	IFN-γ

Sham	243 ± 13	91 ± 5	193 ± 14	92 ± 10^d
Control	249 ± 16	102 ± 9	169 ± 4	124 ± 4
ATL	225 ± 6	89 ± 3	165 ± 8	124 ± 8

Values represent mean ± standard error

Sham (n=5), Control (n=5), ATL (n=5)

p<0.001 versus Sham

p<0.001 versus Sham & ATL

p<0.05 versus Sham & ATL

p<0.05 versus Control & ATL