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Table 4 Cytokine levels in pancreatic tissue lysates from total AIP, CP and PDAC patients

From: Distinct pathophysiological cytokine profiles for discrimination between autoimmune pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

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

  1. Concentrations are expressed in pg/mg total protein
  2. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  3. IQR interquartile range, n number of observations