Table 3.

Serum concentration of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors.

Secreted factors	TET	TET-AD	p-value
IL-1β	1.9 ± 0.5	2.3 ± 0.4	0.131
IL-1RA	304.6 ± 151.4	309.9 ± 52.1	0.922
IL-2	14.9 ± 3.1	16.9 ± 1.6	0.109
IL-4	6 ± 2.8	7.5 ± 2.3	0.26
IL-5	51.8 ± 15.4	65.6 ± 11.8	0.056
IL-6	8.2 ± 2.7	10.8 ± 1.6	0.031
IL-7	43.2 ± 8.4	47.5 ± 7.1	0.281
IL-8	22.7 ± 8.8	23.4 ± 4.2	0.853
IL-9	242 ± 81.5	249.72 ± 24.4	0.792
IL-10	23.9 ± 9.5	30.8 ± 5	0.077
IL-12	11.2 ± 1.5	12.5 ± 2.5	0.245
IL-13	4.8 ± 1.6	6.1 ± 1.8	0.14
IL-15	331.8 ± 44.4	374.9 ± 30.6	0.032
IL-17	26.7 ± 9.4	33.8 ± 7.6	0.106
EOTAXIN	64.5 ± 54.4	93.1 ± 52.9	0.289
b-FGF	75.2 ± 16.8	82.9 ± 9.4	0.257
G-CSF	351.2 ± 192.7	427.4 ± 70.3	0.311
GM-CSF	11.9 ± 1	13.2 ± 1.2	0.042
IFN-γ	12.2 ± 2.9	12.8 ± 1.5	0.602
IP-10	354.3 ± 183.8	748.7 ± 357.5	0.013
MCP-1	30.9 ± 19.8	34.4 ± 14.3	0.68
MIP-1α	2.8 ± 0.5	4.2 ± 1.3	0.017
MIP-1β	77.4 ± 33.8	88.8 ± 19.6	0.403
PDGF	1029.3 ± 483	1082.1 ± 435.9	0.821
RANTES/CCL5	6987.4 ± 4178.3	8580.8 ± 2144.4	0.329
TNF-α	44.6 ± 17.3	52.2 ± 3.6	0.246
VEGF	383.2 ± 31.9	448.2 ± 50.9	0.007

Concentrations are expressed as pg/ml. Results are indicated as mean ± SD. We indicated in italics p values <0.05.