Figure 1.

Cytokine/chemokine and tissue factor composition of human perilymph fluid. (A) Human perilymph fluid comprises high concentrations of epithelial and endothelial proteins like IGFPB1, VEGF-A,-C,-D, some innate cytokines like IL-6, followed by chemokines and typical cytokines of the adaptive immune system like IFN-g, I-17, etc. Concentrations were determined from n = 44 perilymph samples, median concentrations ± SEM are displayed in a waterfall plot. (B) In order to show that most proteins were detected in all patient, the concentrations of individual proteins are shown for each sample using log scale graphs.