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. 2017 Mar 15;16(3):262–272. doi: 10.2450/2017.0238-16

Table III.

Alterations of cytokine levels in stored erythrocyte suspensions.

(pg/mL) IL-8 IL-13


LR-ES NL-ES LR-ES NL-ES
DAY 0 median 25.46 40.01 11.36 13.19
(min:max) (17.65:112.60) (25.46:200.39) (8.48:173.26) (4.44:174.64)

DAY 21 median 34.56 63.50 16.05 16.38
(min:max) (12.45:102.84) (27.41:1218.76) (4.44:639.15) (0.74:61.62)

DAY 42 median 28.71 36.51 23.28 21.43
(min:max) (20.26:495.62) (27.41:2214.37) (5.11:877.63) (0.00:142.68)

IL-17A IL-22

LR-ES NL-ES LR-ES NL-ES

DAY 0 median 5.58 4.24 0.00 3.67
(min:max) (2.55:9.78) (2.93:14.41) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:650.46)

DAY 21 median 6.79 5.78 0.00 0.00
(min:max) (5.25:10.74) (2.07:12.96) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:2.33)

DAY 42 median 9.20 3.66 0.00 0.00
(min:max) (6.30:13.93) (1.87:14.70) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:454.40)

IFN-γ TGF-β

LR-ES NL-ES LR-ES NL-ES

DAY 0 median 22.88 23.34 0.00 1.39
(min:max) (0.01:161.48) (0.01:481.48) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:62.72)

DAY 21 median 26.60 13.81 0.00 55.87
(min:max) (0.00:365.67) (0.55:380.09) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:106.06)

DAY 42 median 12.65 19.39 0.00 36.84
(min:max) (0.00:304.74) (1.48:537.30) (0.00:0.00) (0.00:162.61)

Results (pg/mL) are presented as the median (minimum and maximum) values. p-values <0.05 are considered as statistically significant and significant changes are shown in italic. LR-ES: leucoreduced erythrocyte suspension; NL-ES: non-leucoreduced erythrocyte suspension; IL-8: interleukin-8; IL-13: interleukin-13; IL-17A: interleukin-17A; IL-22: interleukin-22; IFN-γ: interferon-gamma; TGF-β; transforming growth factor-beta.