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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Apr 21;157(1):41–54. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3795-y

Table 2.

Effect of Notch2 knockdown and/or WA treatment on plasma cytokine levels from the MDA-MB-231 xenograft study.

Group
Cytokine Control sh-Veh (n = 5)
Mean (95% CI), pg/mL
Notch2 sh-Veh (n = 5)
Mean (95% CI), pg/mL
Notch2 sh-WA (n = 6)
Mean (95% CI), pg/mL
P
FGF-2 52.34 (−10.94 to 115.60) 116.40 (28.97 to 203.90) 174.30 (−6.56 to 355.20)
G-CSF 2.63 (−4.67 to 9.92) 100.70 (22.14 to 179.30) 15.88 (−10.22 to 41.97) 0.004 (), 0.009 ()
GM-CSF 78.24 (−27.50 to 184.00) 441.10 (46.83 to 835.40) 102.40 (32.14 to 172.70) 0.03 (), 0.03 ()
GRO 200.70 (−140.40 to 541.90) 899.40 (208.40 to 1590.00) 259.40 (−29.35 to 548.10) 0.04 (), 0.0495 ()
IFN-γ 14.75 (3.27 to 26.23) 17.03 (3.80 to 30.27) 21.71 (12.07 to 31.34)
IL-6 16.67 (−12.41 to 45.75) 134.80 (17.83 to 251.80) 24.90 (2.16 to 47.64) 0.02 (), 0.02 ()
IL-8 207.20 (−41.72 to 456.10) 1465.00 (190.80 to 2740.00) 328.00 (20.36 to 635.60) 0.02 (), 0.03 ()
IL-15 2.88 (−5.11 to 10.87) 36.37 (−1.90 to 74.64) 6.16 (−5.40 to 17.72) 0.04 ()
IL-17 29.25 (21.67 to 36.83) 39.29 (15.73 to 62.84) 47.50 (40.32 to 54.68)
IP-10 7.85 (−3.36 to 19.05) 21.53 (−0.01 to 43.08) 1.92 (−1.36 to 5.19) 0.03 ()
MDC (CCL22) 53.76 (38.37 to 69.15) 78.26 (43.43 to 113.10) 61.07 (34.63 to 87.51)
sCD40L 5.71 (−10.15 to 21.57) 16.71 (−11.61 to 45.03) 38.60 (−60.63 to 137.80)
TNF-α 0.58 (−.68 to 1.84) 1.00 (−0.48 to 2.48) 0.02 (−0.03 to 0.07)
VEGF 0.00 (0.00 to 0.00) 11.36 (−15.97 to 38.68) 6.57 (−10.32 to 23.47)

Statistically significant between Control sh-Veh and Notch2 sh-Veh.

Statistically significant between Notch2 sh-Veh and Notch2 sh-WA.