Table 4.
Concentrations (pg/ml) of cytokines/chemokines in serum
| Serum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cytokine/chemokine | Group | n | Median | 25–75 % | P valuea |
| KC | NC | 7 | 27.57 | 7.18–50.57 | |
| DSS | 9 | 669.63 | 376.73–2244.24 | 0.006** | |
| IL-6 | NC | 7 | 0.67 | 0.67–17.57 | |
| DSS | 9 | 74.13 | 42.35–85.00 | 0.008** | |
| IL-17 | NC | 7 | 0.91 | 0.54–1.32 | |
| DSS | 9 | 3.05 | 1.87–460 | 0.017* | |
| TNF-α | NC | 7 | 0.81 | 0.81–2.03 | |
| DSS | 9 | 3.54 | 0.057 | ||
| IL-5 | NC | 7 | 6.80 | 4.87–12.78 | |
| DSS | 9 | 4.12 | 0.169 | ||
| IL-4 | NC | 7 | 0.93 | 0.73–0.98 | |
| DSS | 9 | 0.73 | 0.220 | ||
| IL-12 | NC | 7 | 46.84 | 2.46–75.03 | |
| DSS | 9 | 5.61 | 0315 | ||
| IL-2 | NC | 7 | 1.06 | 1.06–4.00 | |
| DSS | 9 | 1.53 | 0.396 | ||
| IL-Iβ | NC | 7 | 2.31 | 2.31–3.16 | |
| DSS | 9 | 2.60 | 0.523 | ||
| IFN-γ | NC | 7 | 17.12 | 0.81–27.59 | |
| DSS | 9 | 3.51 | 0.711 | ||
| IL-10 | NC | 7 | 3.50 | 1.82–21.83 | |
| DSS | 9 | 5.0 | 0.916 | ||
** P < 0.01 and * P < 0.05 compared to NC group
aMann-Whitney U test.