Table 1. Clinical data of MPM patients and intelectin-1 concentration in their body fluids.
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Pleural effusion
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| ID | Sex/age | Type | Stage | Asbestos exposure | Intelectin-1 (ng ml−1) | Intelectin-1 (ng ml−1) | Hyaluronic acid (μg ml−1) |
| Y1 | M/76 | Epithelioid (PD) | T3N2M0 | + | 135.8 | 83.6 | 27.0 |
| Y2 | M/74 | Epithelioid | T1bN0M0 | + | 118.6 | 3609.0 | 811.6 |
| Y4 | M/65 | Epithelioid | T3N0M0 | + | 420.0 | 9071.8 | 41.9 |
| Y5 | M/69 | Epithelioid | T1-2N0M0 | + | 320.3 | 537.0 | 90.6 |
| Y6 | M/61 | Epithelioid | T3 | 102.6 | 565.3 | 149.3 | |
| Y7 | M/66 | Epithelioid | T3 | 92.0 | 7000.3 | 237.8 | |
| G1 | M/68 | Epithelioid | T4N0M0 | + | 422.6 | ND | ND |
| G2 | M/60 | ND | T4N0M0 | ND | 463.8 | 203.5 | |
Abbreviations: MPM=malignant pleural mesothelioma; ND=not determined; PD=poorly differentiated.
The concentration of intelectin-1 or hyaluronic acid was measured by ELISA as described in the Materials and Methods. Values represent the mean of duplicate determinations.