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. 2016 Jun 29;13:12. doi: 10.1186/s12987-016-0034-1

Table 2.

Pre and post-operative concentrations for aquaporin 4 and interleukin 6 and CSF volumes for dogs with hydrocephalus

Dog number Routine CSF examination Pre-operative values AQP4 (ng/mL), total AQP4 (ng), IL-6 (IU/mL) total IL-6 (IU), CSF volume (mL) Postoperative values AQP4 (ng/mL), total AQP4 (ng), IL-6 (IU/mL), total IL-6 (IU), CSF volume (mL)
1 Protein 252 mg/L
RBC 0/μL
Cells 3/μL
AQP4 12.78
Total AQP4 quantity 301.5
IL-6 63
Total IL-6 quantity 1486.8
CSF volume 23.6
AQP4 10.81
Total AQP4 quantity 28.51
IL-6 30
Total IL-6 quantity 84
CSF volume 2.8
2 Protein 276 mg/L
RBC 280/μL
Cells 1/μL
AQP4 10.77
Total AQP4 quantity 223.5
IL-6 87
Total IL-6 quantity 2260.8
CSF volume 26.4
AQP4 10.2
Total AQP4 quantity 27.99
IL6 36
Total IL-6 quantity 96.62
CSF volume 2.6
3 Protein 276 mg/L
RBC 291/μL
Cells 5/μL
AQP4 17.47
Total AQP4 quantity 391.33
IL-6 22
Total IL-6 quantity 492.8
CSF volume 22.4
AQP4 14.23
Total AQP4 quantity 150
IL-6 15
Total IL-6 quantity 61.1
CSF volume 10.6
4 Protein 240 mg/L
RBC 0/μL
Cells 1/μL
AQP4 15.29
Total AQP4 quantity 455.56
IL-6 28
Total IL-6 quantity 834.4
CSF volume 29.8
AQP 49.71
Total AQP4 quantity 45.62
IL-6 13
Total IL-6 quantity 634.5
CSF volume 4.7
5 Protein 240 mg/L
RBC 0/μL
Cells 5/μL
AQP4 13.51
Total AQP4 quantity 278.3
IL-6 39
Total IL-6 quantity 803.4
CSF volume 20.6
AQP4 5.3
Total AQP4 quantity 34.45
IL-6 21
Total IL-6 quantity 136.5
CSF volume 6.5
6 Protein 208 mg/L
RBC 0/μl
Cells 1/μl
AQP4 10.33
Total AQP4 quantity 133.3
IL-6 51
Total IL-6 quantity 658.41
CSF volume 12.91
AQP4 9.9
Total AQP4 quantity 63.67
IL-6 32
Total IL-6 quantity 205.76
CSF volume 6.43
7 Blood contamination AQP4 17.96
Total AQP4 quantity 467.67
IL-6 87
Total IL-6 quantity 2265.48
CSF volume 26.04
AQP4 8.93
Total AQP4 quantity 21.43
IL-6 37
Total IL-6 quantity 88.8
CSF volume 2.4
8 Protein 246 mg/L
RBC 15/μL
Cells 5/μL
AQP4 8.46
Total AQP4 quantity 211.54
IL-6 62
Total IL-6quantity 1078.8
CSF volume 17.4
AQP4 10.77
Total AQP4 quantity 3.95
IL-6 21
Total IL-6 quantity 13.4
CSF volume 1.64
9 Blood contamination AQP4 12.16
Total AQP4 quantity 472.45
IL-6 65
Total IL-6 quantity 1709.5
CSF volume 26.3
AQP4 2.41
Total AQP4 quantity 58.03
IL-6 40
Total IL-6 quantity 260
CSF volume 6.5
10 Protein 300.9 mg/L
RBC 18/μL
Cells 7/μL
AQP4 19.19
Total AQP4 quantity 675.31
IL-6 66
Total IL-6 quantity 2323.2
CSF volume 35.2
AQP4 9.67
Total AQP4 quantity 190.95
IL-6 69
Total IL-6 quantity 1362.75
CSF volume:19.7
11 Protein 374 mg/L
RBC 1/μL
Cells 1/μL
AQP4 14.63
Total AQP4 quantity 168.85
IL-6 54
Total IL-6 quantity 623.16
CSF volume 11.54
AQP4 16.2
Total AQP4 quantity 58.31
IL-6 45
Total IL-6 quantity 162
CSF volume 3.6
12 Protein 204 mg/L
RBC 0/μL
Cells 4/μL
AQP4 7.1
Total AQP4 quantity 130.14
IL-6 89
Total IL-6 quantity 1631
CSF volume 18.33
AQP4 4.5
Total AQP4 quantity 42.93
IL-6 46
Total IL-6 quantity 438.84
CSF volume 9.54

Pre-, and post-operative determination of the ventricular volume (CSF volume), aquaporin-4 (AQP4) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) of the study group of 12 dogs with hydrocephalus. AQP4 and IL-6 have been multiplied by the total CSF volume, to give the total quantity in the CSF. The underlined entries (dogs 8 and 11) are dogs in which no decrease of AQP4 and IL-6 concentration was found after surgery although the total quantities were decreased (CSF cerebrospinal fluid, RBC red blood cell count)