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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2010 Aug 6;158(1):57–64.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.06.051

Table II.

Cytokine concentrations at birth

	Peripheral blood (plasma)		Tracheal aspirates^* (supernatant)
Cytokines levels	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Pro-inflammatory
IL-1β	ND	–	54	18.3-111.6
IL-2	ND	–	98	82.7-256.4
IL-5	1.015	(0.60-1.05)	16.1	7.3-65.1
IL-6	48.1	(12.26-147.34)	6434.6	2600.8-16228.7
IL-7	ND	–	346.9	141.5-519.2
IL-8	51.24	(23.69-109.89)	14655	4490.6-33690.9
IL-12p70	0.54	(0.01-3.00)	153	70.4-347.4
INF-γ	ND	–	123.1	79.2-415.4
GM-CSF	ND	–	67.3	41.2-115
TNF-α	22.52	(9.52-31.53)	78.5	35.8-190.4
Anti-inflammatory
IL-4	ND	–	324.2	55.9-1275.9
IL-10	146.53	(68.3 – 341.51)	590.3	310.1-1362.3
IL-13	ND	–	69.4	30.7-273.6

ND, Non-detected.

Adjusted for dilution with BUN method.