Table 3 Peak values of plasma cytokines and estimated infection date in RDP group and SDP group.

From: Cytokine cascade and networks among MSM HIV seroconverters: implications for early immunotherapy

Function

Cytokine

RDP group

SDP group

Days

Change Folds

Days

Change Folds

Inflammatory

IL-1β

57

9.64

82

5.33

IL-6

82

5.33

77

2.44

IL-12

57

5.77

81

3.13

TNF-α

30

2.12

NA

NA

IFN-α2

57

5.47

81

2.91

Chemokines

IL-8

30

1.88

82

1.81

Eotaxin

NA

NA

NA

NA

IP-10

30

3.26

30

1.20

MCP-1

30

1.83

NA

NA

MIP-1α

33

2.63

81

2.32

MIP-1β

57

2.89

81

1.93

Anti-inflammatory

IL-1ra

33

9.06

81

7.27

IL-10

33

3.02

81

2.08

Growth Factor

VEGF

93

14.93

71

3.73

FGF-2

62

9.00

81

3.70

Hematopoietic

IL-7

57

2.26

82

1.90

G-CSF

33

3.10

81

2.66

GM-CSF

61

8.20

81

2.55

Adaptive

IFN-γ

30

13.77

81

2.51

IL-2

61

6.28

81

3.29

IL-4

33

5.09

54

5.21

IL-5

36

5.99

77

6.11

IL-9

59

5.09

81

4.54

IL-13

105

18.38

33

9.30

IL-15

48

18.75

82

7.81

IL-17

33

2.71

81

2.46

Average

 

49.6*

6.7#

74.9

3.7

  1. NA means there was no obvious peak observed.
  2. RDP: Rapid Disease Progressor; SDP: Slow Disease Progressor.
  3. *P-value < 0.001 compared with SDP group.
  4. #P-value = 0.012 compared with SDP group.