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.