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. 2014 Jun 9;9(6):e97581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097581

Table 2. Cytokine data on tissue homogenates.

Mediators Control CRSsNP CRSwNP CF-NP
IL-1β (pg/ml) 40,8 (14,7–133) 53,6 (30,4–323,7) 58,09 (9,7–1742) 532,7 (184–1299)*∇◊
IL-4 (pg/ml) 9,9 (7,6–23,4) 12,2 (7,59–41,47) 32,9 (7,6–89,4)* 14,3 (7,6–31,5)◊
IL-5 (pg/ml) BDL 14,4 (6,5–267)* 175,3 (6,5–2126,7)*∇ 6,5 (6,5–16,83)
IL-17 (pg/ml) 12,5 (12,5–56,1) 12,5 (12,5–379,28) 12,5 (12,5–130,4) 209,8 (12,5–519)*∇◊
IFNγ (pg/ml) 42,8 (41–286,9) 72,6 (41–941,5) 42,6 (41–273) 259,5 (183,6–286,3)◊
IgE (kU/L) 5,8 (1,9–18,7) 53,9 (1,93–222,6)* 445,5 (32,2–4533,1)*∇ 56,8 (11,6–942,7)
ECP (µg/L) 247,3 (159,8–398,1) 1276 (507,3–2921,5)* 9856 (3663,3–15730)*∇ 2310 (1705–4064,5)*◊

Data are expressed as median and interquartile range. P values signs after Mann-Whitney U test means as follow: *: p<0,05 in C versus CRSsNP, C versus CRSwNP or C versus CF-NP; ∇: p<0,05 in CRSsNP versus CRSwNP or CRSsNP versus CF-NP; ◊: p<0,05 in CRSwNP versus CF-NP.