Table 1 Pearson correlation analysis of cytokines to HBsAg levels at baseline (T0) time-point.

From: Bayesian analysis of cytokines and chemokine identifies immune pathways of HBsAg loss during chronic hepatitis B treatment

Cytokine versus HBsAg at baseline

Pearson r

R squared

P value (two-tailed)

Type 1 response

IL-12p70

− 0.3985

0.1588

0.0485

IP-10 (CXCL10)

− 0.5055

0.2556

0.0099

I-TAC (CXCL11)

− 0.5046

0.2546

0.0101

BLC (CXCL13)

− 0.5001

0.2501

0.0109

IL-15

− 0.4171

0.174

0.038

IL-18

− 0.4114

0.1692

0.041

MIP-1-alpha (CCL3)

− 0.5576

0.3109

0.0038

MIP-1-beta (CCL4)

− 0.4426

0.1959

0.0267

T and B cell activation and differentiation

CD40L

− 0.4564

0.2083

0.0218

IL-21

− 0.4427

0.196

0.0267

IL-17A

− 0.3974

0.1579

0.0492

APRIL

− 0.4297

0.1846

0.0321

TRAIL

− 0.4689

0.2198

0.0181

IL-16

− 0.4516

0.2039

0.0235

IL-20

− 0.5619

0.3158

0.0035

Chemokines and other factors

MCP-3 (CCL7)

− 0.5239

0.2744

0.0072

Eotaxin-2 (CCL24)

− 0.5172

0.2675

0.0081

Eotaxin (CCL11)

− 0.5089

0.259

0.0094

Eotaxin-3 (CCL26)

− 0.4972

0.2472

0.0114

Fractalkine (CX3CL1)

− 0.4962

0.2462

0.0116

MDC (CCL22)

− 0.421

0.1773

0.0361

MIP-3-alpha (CCL20)

− 0.4783

0.2288

0.0156

TNF-RII

− 0.4123

0.17

0.0405

TSLP

− 0.4549

0.207

0.0223

HGF

− 0.4441

0.1972

0.0262

Tweak

− 0.4432

0.1964

0.0265

  1. Pearson correlation coefficient (r) and R square of cytokines to levels of HBsAg at baseline time-point (T0).
  2. Only cytokines with a two-tailed P value less than 0.05 are shown.