Table 4 Cytokine levels in pancreatic tissue lysates from total AIP, CP and PDAC patients
| Cytokine |
Compared groups 1st group vs 2nd group |
Median conc. (pg/mg) of 1st group/IQR/n |
Median conc. (pg/mg) of 2nd group/IQR/n | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL-1β |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
2.69/4.57/12 2.69/4.57/12 |
1.71/1.31/12 2.01/4.29/12 |
0.1332 0.3708 |
| IL-6 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
12.82/40.48/11 12.82/40.48/11 |
12.62/28.80/12 40.6/73.42/12 |
0.8055 0.2549 |
| IL-7 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
2.9/1.72/11 2.9/1.72/11 |
4.46/2.08/12 4.01/4.28/12 |
0.1090 0.4036 |
| IL-8 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
17.82/338.64/12 17.82/338.64/12 |
27.25/70.63/12 105.30/138.65/12 |
0.9770 0.0304 |
| IL-10 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
0.59/0.72/12 0.59/0.72/12 |
1.05/0.63/12 0.92/0.51/12 |
0.0732 0.2713 |
| IL-13 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
4.7/7.15/11 4.7/7.15/11 |
8.87/8.01/12 8.56/5.81/12 |
0.0694 0.2064 |
| IL-17 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
21.93/27.03/12 21.93/27.03/12 |
10.64/12.12/12 21.2/25.98/11 |
0.0120
0.4789 |
| G-CSF |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
9.56/11.67/12 9.56/11.67/12 |
1.98/8.64/12 3.44/7.40/12 |
0.1080 0.2790 |
| IFN-γ |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
7.02/27.31/12 7.02/27.31/12 |
25.7/17.67/12 19.50/20.66/12 |
0.0815 0.2167 |
| MCP-1 |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
303.70/509.70/12 303.70/509.70/12 |
158.94/206.72/12 140.45/286.84/12 |
0.1260 0.2145 |
| MIP-1 β |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
224.20/354.68/12 224.20/354.68/12 |
90.17/132.30/12 112.90/277.46/12 |
0.0326
0.3708 |
| TNF-α |
AIP vs CP AIP vs PDAC |
6.01/2.89/12 6.01/2.89/12 |
12.60/10.13/12 8.97/17.84/12 |
0.0038
0.0086 |