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. 2016 Aug 25;6:31880. doi: 10.1038/srep31880

Table 5. Aqueous humor levels of 27 types of cytokines in subgroup A and subgroup B and changes after IVR.

  Subgroup A (n = 15) Subgroup B (n = 24) Preinjection (n = 11) Postinjection (n = 11) P Value
Subgroup A vs Subgroup B Preinjection vs Postinjection
IL-2 1.3 (0–3.3) 1.8 (0–11.2) 2.0 (0–11.2) 1.8 (0–2.8) 0.187 0.028
IL-10 4.1 (2.8–6.1) 5.0 (2.2–15.2) 5.3 (2.2–15.2) 2.4 (0–4.3) 0.043 0.004
IL-15 6.6 (3.5–10.5) 7.9 (0–27.8) 8.1 (3.8–18.1) 7.8 (3.1–10.3) 0.112 0.175
IL-17 9.5 (0–15.1) 9.8 (0–55.7) 9.5 (0–55.7) 9.2 (0–11.2) 0.675 0.221
basic FGF 13.4 (7.5–28.3) 12.9 (5.0–88.4) 12.5 (5.0–88.4) 10. 0 (0–42.4) 0.544 0.041
GM-CSF 169.0 (114.2–291.8) 171.8 (35.6–1450.1) 207.6 (71.5–1450.1) 165.4 (39.6–259.9) 0.624 0.075
IL-1b 0 (0–3.2) 0 0 0 0.206
IL-1ra 0 (0–12.0) 5.0 (0–131.3) 0 (0–131.3) 0 (0–29.4) 0.122 0.612
IL-4 0 0 0 0 (0–0.3) 0.317
IL-5 0 0 0 0
IL-6 3.4 (0–7.5) 3.0 (0–120.9) 2.7 (0–120.9) 4.5 (1.9–698.2) 0.897 0.016
IL-7 1.6 (0–3.2) 2.0 (0–3.6) 2.1 (0–3.6) 1.5 (0–3.4) 0.056 0.663
IL-8 0 0 (0–4.5) 0 (0–4.1) 0 (0–16.5) 0.100 0.317
IL-9 0 (0–2.0) 0 (0–5.2) 0 (0–1.4) 0 (0–1.4) 1.000 1.000
IL-12 10.0 (4.2–15.3) 11.5 (0–25.0) 10.3 (0–25.0) 0 (0–9.1) 0.238 0.008
IL-13 1.8 (0.6–6.5) 2.0 (0–5.4) 2.1 (0–5.4) 1.7 (0.5–3.4) 0.462 0.386
Eotaxin 0 0 0 0
G-CSF 0 0 0 0 (0–12.8) 0.317
IFN-γ 0 0 (0–9.6) 0 0 (0–9.3) 0.429 0.317
IP-10 59.4 (0–202.7) 39.4 (0–407.4) 32.2 (0–407.4) 46.2 (1.6–1375.8) 0.231 0.110
MCP-1 331.5 (180.7–443.7) 346.4 (185.5–596.7) 343.2 (206.1–476.8) 311.2 (171.6–625.9) 0.335 0.648
MIP-1a 0.7 (0–1.1) 0 (0.3–3.9) 0 (0–3.9) 0.7 (0–0.8) 0.616 0.674
MIP-1b 5.1 (1.9–13.3) 7.9 (3.2–22.0) 7.1 (3.2–13.5) 7.0 (4.0–15.4) 0.030 0.407
PDGF-bb 0 0 0 0
RANTES 0 0 0 0
TNF-α 0 0 0 0 (0–5.4) 0.317
VEGF 37.5(18.5–69.1) 44.8(17.6–108.8) 40.3 (17.6–108.8) 5.7 (0–59.9) 0.097 0.003

Values in boldface type indicate statistical significance. Levels are expressed as the median (range) pg/ml.