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Table 2 Urinary levels of tested chemokines and cytokines in patients with pulmonary TB and healthy subjects.

From: IP-10 detection in urine is associated with lung diseases

 

Pulmonary TB

N. 10

Healthy subjects

N. 10

p value

pg/ml

Mean ±SD

IFN-γ

2.77 (0.44)

2.78 (0.13)

NA

TNF-α

1.10 (0.69)

0.91 (0.51)

NA

IL-2

0.45 (1.02)

0 (0)

NA

IL-8

54.84 (128.40)

53.66 (110.00)

0.98

MIP-1 α

2.47 (0.93)

0.60 (1.01)

NA

MIP-1 β

11.77 (9.92)

14.31 (22.29)

0.67

RANTES

2.87 (1.82)

4.82 (3.79)

NA

  1. N: number; SD: standard deviation, IFN: interferon, TNF: tumor necrosis factor, IL: interleukin, MIP: macrophage inflammatory protein, RANTES: regulated on activation normal T cell expressed and secreted; NA: not available if the means are below 5 pg/ml.