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. 2015 Jul 29;2015:189638. doi: 10.1155/2015/189638

Table 3.

MS serum cytokines differ from healthy controls.

Analyte Secondary 
RRMS acute 
(ng/mL)
RRMS remission 
  (ng/mL)
MS  
onset 
(ng/mL)
Control 
  (ng/mL)
IL-2Ra 376.1 ± 71.7  301.5 ± 61.2  481.0 ± 303.5  36.3 ± 4.1 
P = 0.001 P < 0.04
IL-12p40 3892.5 ± 821.9  3248.8 ± 327.7  4016.3 ± 571.7  86.0 ± 6.1 
P = 0.003 P = 0.00014 P = 0.00008
IL-16 51.0 ± 10.8  123.6 ± 51.7  42.0 ± 13.1  241.1 ± 67.9 
P = 0.01
IL17A 119.0 ± 12.0  104.3 ± 8.9  82.7 ± 28.0  44.7 ± 6.3 
P < 0.0003 P = 0.0023
IL22 216.9 ± 15.0  162.6 ± 9.4  173.1 ± 28.8 149.4 ± 18.7 
P < 0.02
* P = 0.007
IL23 530.2 ± 84.5  527.3 ± 27.2  585.3 ± 180.9  62.2 ± 8.9 
P < 0.0004 P = 0.000000002 P = 0.003
CCL2 821.1 ± 80.5  918.3 ± 54.8  1152.5 ± 192.5  145.6 ± 23.0 
P < 0.00002 P = 0.00000001 P < 0.005
CCL3 72.3 ± 18.2  73.1 ± 10.7  89.4 ± 10.8  35.7 ± 4.1 
P = 0.0002
CCL7 317.0 ± 65.4  286.7 ± 63.6  211.2 ± 93.5  119.8 ± 6.3 
P = 0.03
CCL27 4192.9 ± 773.6  4282.5 ± 912.8  3152.7 ± 582.9  854.6 ± 51.0 
P < 0.005 P < 0.002
CXCL1 362.7 ± 64.1  332.0 ± 48.7 379.9 ± 194.6  135.6 ± 40.6 
P = 0.02
CXCL9 2319.4 ± 687.2 1878.1 ± 314.4  967.2 ± 536.4  2461.8 ± 301.6 
P = 0.04
M-CSF 438.7 ± 75.4  401.1 ± 43.3  495.6 ± 142.0  37.3 ± 7.0 
P = 0.001 P = 0.00065 P < 0.005
MIF 368.3 ± 53.2  462.2 ± 43.2  173.5 ± 15.8  148.6 ± 38.9 
P = 0.01 P < 0.003
CXCL12 4089.7 ± 1952.1 2174.5 ± 188.5  1254.8 ± 22.6  2582.4 ± 166.5 
P < 0.001
TRAIL 283.1 ± 22.7  271.1 ± 72.0  332.5 ± 29.2  46.2 ± 1.5 
P = 0.000002 P = 0.000006