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. 2018 Feb 21;15(5):6457–6468. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.8101

Table V.

Cytokines in multiple immune checkpoint molecule expression on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in malignant ascites from ovarian carcinoma.

CD4+ T cells CD8+ T cells


Characteristcs Multiple (n=39) Single (n=11) None (n=4) P-value Multiple (n=37) Single (n=10) None (n=7) P-value
IFNγ (pg/ml) 378.2 372.8 430.2 0.85 369.4 394.3 420.6 0.48
TNFα (pg/ml) 165.0 174.4 281.2 0.33 150.2 202.0 267.7 0.03a
IL1Ra (pg/ml) 365.0 380.8 447.3 0.71 333.5 463.2 454.3 0.15
IL1b (pg/ml) 9.0 10.1 13.2 0.65 7.4 14.2 13.4 0.11
IL2 (pg/ml) 9.4 8.9 11.0 0.97 8.9 9.6 12.1 0.20
IL4 (pg/ml) 7.5 6.7 8.8 0.81 6.9 8.4 9.0 0.04a
IL5 (pg/ml) 6.4 6.2 7.6 0.94 6.2 7.0 7.3 0.63
IL6 (pg/ml) 5,315.4 4,859.1 6,607.5 0.99 4,411.6 5,742.1 9,246.3 0.02a
IL7 (pg/ml) 25.3 26.7 23.9 0.88 25.9 25.1 24.1 0.78
IL8 (pg/ml) 905.9 1,410.5 710.7 0.60 768.5 1,862.4 907.8 0.23
IL9 (pg/ml) 93.7 97.7 106.4 0.75 91.6 101.9 106.1 0.53
IL10 (pg/ml) 178.5 179.2 187.0 0.96 153.0 235.3 231.0 0.12
IL12 bp70 (pg/ml) 476.2 500.6 509.5 0.80 519.8 327.1 528.3 0.28
IL13 (pg/ml) 31.6 35.5 36.2 0.46 33.8 25.7 37.9 0.56
IL15 (pg/ml) 19.4 31.1 26.0 0.05a 21.4 24.9 23.8 0.56
IL17a (pg/ml) 90.2 104.0 124.3 0.42 88.7 99.4 124.9 0.36
CCL2 (MCP1) (pg/ml) 752.7 1179.0 1052.9 0.21 1020.1 605.1 468.1 0.12
CCL3 (MIP1a) (pg/ml) 20.2 18.0 15.7 0.85 15.6 37.7 11.9 0.41
CCL4 (MIP1b) (pg/ml) 825.1 676.4 787.5 0.78 746.7 1031.0 667.4 0.75
CCL5 (Rantes) (pg/ml) 122.4 221.1 107.1 0.36 127.9 255.5 50.9 0.55
CXCL10 (IP10) (pg/ml) 164,748.8 2,316,341.3 80,073.0 0.02a 813,639.9 72,861.6 312,573.7 0.28
CCL11 (Eotaxin) (pg/ml) 349.8 567.7 297.8 0.25 426.0 414.8 188.9 0.40
GMCSF (pg/ml) 95.4 68.6 89.4 0.15 84.7 84.3 116.2 0.38
bFGF (pg/ml) 71.9 79.7 73.9 0.64 77.4 61.1 74.9 0.41
VEGF (pg/ml) 7,117.9 11,619.7 5,046.1 0.56 10,638.1 1,843.0 2,943.0 0.06
PDGFbb (pg/ml) 153.8 145.1 82.8 0.76 178.0 90.0 69.9 0.22
GCSF (pg/ml) 105.5 91.5 110.2 0.73 87.8 107.1 171.9 0.06
a

Statistical significance. CD, cluster of differentiation; CCL, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand; CXCL, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand; GMCSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; PDGFbb, platelet derived growth factor-BB; GCSF, granulocyte colony stimulating factor; IL, interleukin; IL1Ra, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IFN, interferon.