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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Lung Cancer. 2014 May 14;15(5):379–386. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2014.04.002

Table 2.

Baseline levels of cytokines and angiogenic factors.

Characteristics Median Value (min, max) (pg/mL)
Cytokine and Angiogenic Factors

Basic-FGF 2.35 (-2.25, 4.97)
HGF 11.28 (8.64, 14.35)
IL-6 13.40 (10.35, 15.17)
IL-8 7.72 (5.19, 10.01)
MCP-1 9.52 (4.22, 12.54)
IL-1a 2.17 (-4.06, 3.61)
IL-1b 3.95 (3.17, 4.39)
TNFα 4.89 (2.28, 6.37)
VEGF 10.66 (8.04, 12.75)
PDGF-bb 4.06 (1.31, 6.51)
INF-a2 7.35 (6.46, 7.79)
INF-γ 7.28 (3.81, 8.9)
IL-12p70 7.53 (5.71, 8.87)
IP-10 13.23 (9.59, 15.52)
MIG 11.45 (10.09, 15.55)
IL-12P40 9.82 (7.48, 11.28)

Markers of hypoxia

CA-9 11.01 (8.64, 13.36)
Osteopontin 10.04 (6.92, 10.21)

Hematopoietic growth factors

GM-CSF 6.28 (0.73, 8.34)
G-CSF 5.29 (4.07, 7.44)
M-CSF 5.77 (3.45, 6.79)
SCF 9.56 (8.46, 11.1)
Soluble VEGFR2 12.08 (11.13, 12.95)

Other interleukins

IL-13 5.89 (4.27, 7.99)
IL-16 10.32 (9.06, 11.09)
IL-18 6.86 (5.48, 7.83)
IL-1 RA 5.38 (0.58, 10.08)
IL-2 RA 9.78 (9.19, 10.94)
IL-3 7.67 (5.72, 8.72)
IL-4 0.99 (-4.32, 4.19)
IL-5 2.47 (0.24, 6.09)
IL-7 3.50 (2.41, 5.47)
IL-9 5.12 (2.4, 8.57)
IL-10 4.98 (4.18, 8.61)
IL-15 6.12 (5.47, 6.33)
IL-17 4.09 (3.91, 6.06)

Other cytokines and chemokines

IL-2 4.64 (4.57, 5.99)
MIP-1a 5.08 (4.46, 5.86)
MIP-1b 5.05 (1.53, 11.06)
Eotaxin 6.77 (5.53, 8.31)
RANTES 5.90 (3.22, 8.49)
CCL27/CTACK 9.80 (8.73, 10.73)
CXCL1/GRO-Q 7.33 (1.92, 11.48)
LIF 5.51 (0.4, 7.17)
MCP-3L/CCL7 5.03 (-1.32, 6.45)
MIF 9.92 (8.99, 12.67)
SDF-1a/CXCL-12 8.56 (7.66, 9.15)
SCGF-b 17.41 (16.44, 18.05)

Growth factors and receptors

EGFR 11.64 (10.52, 12.17)
Amphiregulin 9.74 (7.37, 13.39)
Epiregulin 0.60 (-2.74, 5.13)
EGF 2.43 (-1.64, 4.74)
Betacellulin 2.05 (-1.29, 4.81)
b-NGF 2.48 (-2.74, 3.71)
IGF-I 7.01 (5.86, 8.18)
IGFBP-3 10.28 (9.14, 10.85)
TRAIL 5.45 (3.6, 7.44)

Coagulation proteins

Gas-6 14.03 (12.96, 14.36)

Adhesion molecules

Tenascin 12.17 (9.96, 14.33)
VCAM-1 16.71 (16.35, 17.61)
ICAM-1 17.37 (15.95, 19.06)
NGAL 7.19 (5.69, 7.71)
PIGF 9.62 (8.88, 11.35)

Definition of abbreviations: CA-9= carbonic anhydrase 9; EGF = epidermal growth factor; EGFR = epidermal growth factor receptor; FGF = basic fibroblast growth factor; Gas-6 = growth arrest-specific 6; G-CSF = granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; HGF = hepatocyte growth factor; ICAM-1 = intercellular adhesion molecule 1; IL = interleukin; MMP = matrix metalloproteinase; IL-1RA = interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; INF = interferon; MIG = monokine induced by interferon gamma; IP-10 = interferon gamma– induced protein 10; LIF= leukemia inhibitory factor; MCP-3L/CCL7 = monocyte-specific chemokine-3; M-CSF = macrophage colony-stimulating factor; MCP-1 = macrophage chemoattractan protein-1; MIG = monokine induced by gamma interferon; MIF = macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MIP = macrophage inflammatory protein; NGAL = neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; PDGF= platelet derived growth factor; PIGF = phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis class F protein; SCGF-b=stem cell growth factor-beta; SCF = stem cell factor; SDF-1 = stromal cell-derived factor-1; TNF = tumor necrosis factor; TRAIL = TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand; VEGF = vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGFR2 = vascular endothelial growth factor.