Table 3.

Concentration of growth factors and cytokines with multiple functions in EDTA plasma and RBCs in one millilitre of whole blood with correction for white blood cell (WBC) and platelet contamination (n = 10), data are presented as mean ± SD.

Cytokine	Plasma*				RBCs*				WBC & platelet contribution
	No. of subjects	pg/mL of whole blood		No. of subjects	pg/mL of whole blood		Corrected for WBC contamination (pg/mL)		pg/mL of total		No. of subjects
		Concentration	SD		Concentration	SD	Concentration	SD	Concentration	SD
Growth Factors
bFGF	10/10	5.2	2.5	10/10	185.4	58.6	151.0	68.1	34.4	24.6	10/10
G-CSF	10/10	7.1	4.6	7/10	105.4	75.2	96.9	70.9	10.2	7.8	10/10
GM-CSF	0/10	—	—	9/10	936.4	348.4	825.8	408.6	127.1	99.9	10/10
HGF	10/10	66.0	47.6	10/10	938.9	429.2	831.1	422.6	107.8	75.9	10/10
IL-3	10/10	25.7	10.5	10/10	418.0	182.6	404.9	186.4	16.4	8.2	8/10
IL-7	9/10	2.6	2.2	6/10	22.3	10.8	21.9	10.8	0.6	0.5	5/10
IP-10	10/10	113.9	111.2	8/10	113.6	83.0	106.1	78.2	9.5	7.6	10/10
M-CSF	10/10	3.4	2.7	7/10	77.9	36.0	68.7	30.3	11.3	7.7	9/10
β-NGF	9/10	4.5	4.1	2/10	68.5	6.8	68.5	6.8	—	—	0/10
PDGF-bb	10/10	25.3	15.5	9/10	993.7	1,525.3	697.4	1275.5	729.1	479.9	10/10
SCF	10/10	41.6	57.8	3/10	125.8	74.8	125.1	75.8	1.9	0.6	4/10
SCGF-β	7/10	4,032.2	4,773.8	3/10	20,280.2	9,245.3	20,246.7	9,298.2	115.0	60.5	5/10
VEGF	8/10	2.8	1.5	10/10	110.7	50.0	84.2	52.6	26.5	13.7	10/10
Cytokines with multiple functions
IL-2	0/10	—	—	2/10	13.7	2.7	13.7	2.7	15.9	6.6	6/10
IL-6	6/10	1.9	1.4	0/10	—	—	—	—	1.6	0.7	4/10
Il-12(p40)	3/10	33.2	11.6	7/10	1,603.7	629.1	1,475.8	577.5	203.9	159.9	10/10
LIF	8/10	5.5	2.7	3/10	119.5	27.5	119.5	27.5	—	—	0/10