Table 1. Correlations between determined serum cytokine levels and the expression of activation markers (HLA-DR and CD45R0) on peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes of CVID patients.
No significant correlations were observed for IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-12 (p40), IL-12 (p70), IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, IFNα2, GM-CSF, TNFβ, TGFα, sCD40-L, VEGF, CCL-3/MIP-1α, CCL-4/MIP-1β, CCL-22/MDC, CCL-2/MCP-1, CCL-7/MCP-3, GRO, fractalkine, EGF, EGF-2, and CCL-11/eotaxin. Spearman rank order correlation was used for the analysis, Spearman coefficient R is indicated; results with p<0.05 are in bold letters.
| CD4+HLA-DR+/CD4+ | CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+ | CD4+CD45RO+/CD4+ | CD8+CD45RO+/CD8+ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | p | R | p | R | p | R | p | |
| Flt3Ligand | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.11 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.94 |
| G-CSF | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.42 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.15 |
| IFNγ | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.58 | −0.01 | 0.97 |
| IL-1RA | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
| IL-5 | 0.33 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.18 | −0.07 | 0.67 |
| IL-6 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.45 |
| IL-10 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.72 | 0.44 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.74 |
| IP-10 | 0.60 | <0.01 | 0.42 | 0.02 | 0.51 | <0.01 | 0.36 | 0.04 |
| sCD25 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.03 |
| TNFα | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.29 | 0.09 | −0.01 | 0.96 |