Differences in the serum concentrations of cytokines and chemokines between HCs and PSOs

HCs (mean ± SD; ng/L) PSOs (mean ± SD; ng/L)
Pro-inflammatory sCD40L 25.28 ± 16.06 27.72 ± 21.33
EGF 38.45 ± 36.81 59.11 ± 73.34
Eotaxin 96.79 ± 33.93 105.2 ± 46.51
FGF-2 34.57 ± 18.30 38.95 ± 76.69 *
FLT-3L 1.35 ± 1.55 4.95 ± 4.75 ***
Fractalkine 59.78 ± 30.74 57.96 ± 41.50
G-CSF 9.46 ± 13.58 19.09 ± 70.55
GM-CSF 2.26 ± 1.63 2.57 ± 2.27
GRO-α 20.93 ± 20.60 17.03 ± 12.66
IFN-α2 8.08 ± 2.18 8.86 ± 12.07 **
IFN-γ 1.60 ± 2.21 3.75 ± 7.57
IL-1α 4.86 ± 2.08 8.32 ± 21.86 **
IL-1β 3.31 ± 7.82 3.99 ± 8.81
IL-2 0.65 ± 0.27 0.79 ± 1.56 **
IL-4 1.57 ± 1.36 1.44 ± 1.37
IL-5 0.65 ± 0.70 1.49 ± 2.67 *
IL-6 1.44 ± 2.89 5.52 ± 18.83
IL-7 10.12 ± 9.19 12.82 ± 30.87
IL-8 7.88 ± 2.35 9.46 ± 10.80
IL-9 4.92 ± 6.92 10.21 ± 9.85 **
IL-12p40 27.75 ± 19.19 46.22 ± 81.55
IL-12p70 3.39 ± 1.33 4.25 ± 5.20
IL-13 8.86 ± 8.28 8.08 ± 8.49
IL-15 2.93 ± 0.93 4.40 ± 4.64
IL-17A 1.45 ± 0.91 3.05 ± 10.24 *
IL-17E/IL-25 143.8 ± 120.4 164.6 ± 152.8
IL-17F 31.18 ± 3.79 22.04 ± 22.40 ***
IL-18 22.70 ± 13.75 21.67 ± 18.09
IL-22 39.42 ± 51.27 39.82 ± 44.67
IL-27 1082 ± 519.6 1282 ± 914.5
IP-10 219.1 ± 122.3 123.4 ± 76.86 ***
MCP-1 335.3 ± 70.54 392.5 ± 126.7 *
MCP-3 10.88 ± 6.72 10.73 ± 6.82
MDC 490.4 ± 154.2 663.0 ± 367.4 **
MIG 1764 ± 1250 1812 ± 1484
MIP-1α 6.06 ± 4.95 10.61 ± 13.38
MIP-1β 32.66 ± 14.50 34.28 ± 18.96
PDGF-AA 2807 ± 915.6 2847 ± 947.0
PDGF-AB/BB 29323 ± 50067 11958 ± 18352
TGF-α 2.60 ± 2.86 7.41 ± 11.23 ***
TNF-α 25.08 ± 15.16 26.51 ± 16.05
TNF-β 3.99 ± 3.91 3.53 ± 3.30
VEGF-α 267.8 ± 181.9 271.0 ± 170.8
Anti-inflammatory IL-1RA 3.23 ± 2.06 6.09 ± 12.64
IL-10 2.42 ± 2.52 10.22 ± 52.99

P < 0.05; **P < 0.01;***P < 0.001 vs. HCs

: significantly higher/lower in PSOs than in the HCs