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. 2020 Apr 5;10(4):554. doi: 10.3390/biom10040554

Table 3.

Statistical differences (p-value, statistically different in bold) in cytokine levels among all groups and experimental conditions.

Treatment-Day 18 Treatment-Day 24 Endometrial Area-Day 24 Day of Pregnancy
CK C+ vs. C−
EN
C+ vs. ET
EN
C+ vs. ET
PL
C+ vs. C−
EN
C+ vs. ET
EN
C+ vs. ET
PL
IPA vs. NIPA
C+
IPA vs. NIPA
ET
D18 vs. D24
C+
D18 vs. D24
ET
GM-CSF 0.149 0.248 0.564 0.248 0.234 0.126 0.248 0.561 0.149 0.308
IFN-γ 0.248 0.043 0.149 0.021 0.174 0.865 0.773 0.105 0.021 1
IL-12 0.386 0.564 0.386 0.149 0.496 1 0.248 0.908 0.386 0.865
IL-18 0.021 0.773.5 0.248 0.773 0.61 0.496 0.386 0.081 0.386 0.496
IL-1α 0.564 0.248 0.564 1 0.062 0.007 0.773 0.01 0.773 0.734
IL-1β 0.043 0.564.1 0.564 0.083 0.126 0.078 0.564 0.024 0.083 0.396
IL-1RA 0.083 0.773 0.564 0.149 0.174 0.042 0.386 0.015 0.773 0.308
IL-2 0.043 0.021 0.043 0.021 0.06 0.734 0.386 0.814 0.149 0.864
IL-4 0.386 0.248 0.773 0.248 0.04 0.307 0.564 0.765 0.043 0.494
IL-6 1 1 1 0.014 0.61 0.173 0.248 0.045 0.014 0.03
IL-8 0.386 0.248 0.248 0.248 0.126 0.497 0.083 0.045 0.083 0.007
TGF- β 1 0.021 0.773 0.564 0.083 0.497 0.174 0.083 0.2 0.083 0.126
TGF- β 2 0.021 0.564 0.248 0.564 0.61 0.497 0.564 0.183 0.149 0.042
TGF- β 3 0.248 0.773 0.248 1 0.497 0.734 0.149 0.563 0.149 0.234
IL-10 0.043 0.773 0.564 0.386 0.026 0.016 0.773 0.952 0.021 0.494
TNF-α 0.564 0.773 0.021 0.773 0.062 0.734 0.773 0.024 0.021 0.007
IL-10:TNF-α (ratio) 0.234 0.631 0.3 0.112 0.1 0.564 0.126 0.105 0.002 0.009

Abbreviations: CK: Cytokines; C+: positive control group; C−: negative control group; ET: embryo transfer; PL: placenta; IPA: implantation area; NIPA: non-implantation area.