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Table 2 Cytokines, chemokines and grow factors significantly modulated in COVID-19 and NO-COVID-19 individuals

From: Exploratory analysis to identify the best antigen and the best immune biomarkers to study SARS-CoV-2 infection

 

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Analytes

NP Pool1

NP Pool2

Spike

ORF3a

Membrane

COVID-19

NO-COVID-19

p*

COVID-19

NO-COVID-19

p*

COVID-19

NO-COVID-19

p*

COVID-19

NO-COVID-19

p*

COVID-19

NO-COVID-19

p*

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

Inflammatory cytokines/chemokines

Macrophages

IL-6

51.56 (22.2–98.48)

8.98 (6.09–27.1)

0.008

Macrophages

TNF-α

28.84 (15.72–40.99)

4.5 (0.0–21.44)

0.009

26.72 (7.04–55.16)

4.84 (0.0–32.89)

0.048

33.88 (16.32–70.8)

14.08 (5.71–23.81)

0.0067

Th1

IFN-γ

131.2 (101.2–243)

48.2 (25.04–118.6)

0.017

Th17

IL-17

9.4 (4.44–15.44)

2.88 (1.06–6.76)

0.017

Monocytes

IP-10

546.2 (0.0–1751)

26.78 (0.0–279.1)

0.025

1349 (0.0–5328)

34.56 (0.0–123.6)

0.028

1108 (289.2–3145)

19.36 (0.0–164.7)

< 0.0001

Fibroblasts

Endothelial cells

Monocytes

MCP-1

2548 (1526–3125)

615.7 (138.4–1941)

0.043

2679 (1350–4600)

712.8 (220–1295)

0.013

7754 (3901–10,540)

11,377 (8489–17,050)

0.01

7352 (2138–11,063)

12,841 (7076–13,557)

0.02

Macrophages

Monocytes

MIP-1α

16.84 (6.68–35.2)

3.18 (1.57–11.18)

0.0024

17.6 (10.48–56.12)

7.2 (2.64–15.29)

0.0137

Macrophages

Monocytes

MIP-1β

250.2 (128–335.9)

51.66 (4.86–96.05)

0.0012

382 (177.8–922)

192.8 (65.69–323)

0.014

Macrophages

Platelets. macrophages

RANTES

540.3 (259.8–1013)

0 (0.0–229.6)

0.001

590.8 (407.2–877)

303.8 (0.0–690.9)

0.049

Anti-inflammatory cytokines

Th2

IL-4

0.92 (0.68–1.68)

0.32 (0.12–0.94)

0.0087

1.24 (0.64–2.64)

0.38 (0.07–1.44)

0.015

Th2

IL-10

1.84 (0.96–6.04)

0.96 (0.0–2.13)

0.046

   

Treg

Th2

IL-13

0.6 (0.28–2.44)

0.08 (0.0–0.39)

0.043

Growth factors

Th1

IL-2

10.44 (2.88–32.84)

1.78 (0.75–5.24)

0.0023

21.72 (6.12–103)

3.1 (0.3–10.89)

0.0065

32.84 (9.44–100.5)

2.34 (1.13–9.78)

0.0018

59.28 (30.56–142)

31.14 (20.52–62.02)

0.039

64.16 (28.32–213.8)

30.28 (12–62.14)

0.03

Th9

IL-9

26.24 (0.76–32.2)

6.02 (0.0–24.6)

0.026

Stromal cells. Macrophages

FGF

25.76 (13.88–40.24)

10.62 (6.9–19.22)

0.017

  1. COVID-19 CoronaVIrus Disease 19; N Number; IL interleukin; FGF: fibroblast growth factor, IFN: interferon, IP: IFN-γ-induced protein, MCP: monocyte chemoattractant protein, MIP: macrophage inflammatory protein, RANTES: regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted, TNF: tumour necrosis factor
  2. *Mann Whitney test