Plasma levels of hemofiltrate CC-chemokine (HCC)-1 and -4, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21 (6Ckine), interleukin (IL)-17F and -31 and macrophage inflammatory proteins (MIP)-3b in healthy, patients with stable COPD (sCOPD) and AECOPD patients on days 1, 3 and 7–10. * and ** stand for P values less than 0.05 and 0.01, respectively, as compared with healthy control.