Table 2 Serum concentrations (pg/ml) (mean ± SD) of cytokines in ROP patients (study group) and subjects with congenital cataract (control group).

From: Serum levels of cytokines in infants treated with conbercept for retinopathy of prematurity

Cytokines

ROP patients

Controls

P value

VEGF-A

1976.18 ± 982.45

683.0 ± 452.8

0.002

VEGF-D

110.23 ± 99.57

26.1 ± 48.1

0.012

MIP-1β

194.64 ± 146.67

66.0 ± 74.3

0.009

Eotaxin

29.72 ± 24.13

10.6 ± 9.3

0.017

IP-10

136.99 ± 111.45

37.9 ± 29.2

0.008

RANTES

27.50 ± 17.30

9.1 ± 11.8

0.002

IL-18

48.97 ± 41.92

16.8 ± 32.5

0.025

TNF-α

14.30 ± 8.10

7.8 ± 5.6

0.019

MCP-1

232.96 ± 255.37

560.6 ± 280.7

 < 0.001

EGF

50.31 ± 39.13

2.6 ± 4.2

 < 0.001

SCF

23.50 ± 15.91

9.3 ± 2.6

0.007

PlGF-1

45.62 ± 37.48

11.3 ± 21.7

0.008

β-NGF

22.31 ± 16.00

10.7 ± 10.4

0.034

HGF

113.47 ± 113.59

678.0 ± 419.3

 < 0.001

SDF-1α

268.55 ± 204.30

221.6 ± 56.7

0.48

GRO-α

28.26 ± 35.30

7.1 ± 2.4

0.07

BDNF

62.75 ± 78.73

12.6 ± 16.1

0.05

IFN-γ

58.74 ± 59.31

19.2 ± 43.3

0.05

IL-8

16.32 ± 29.74

14.2 ± 8.4

0.83

IL-6

14.31 ± 10.50

24.3 ± 33.9

0.12

MIP-1α

17.26 ± 23.20

10.7 ± 3.5

0.39

IL-1RA

892.19 ± 1,388.95

585.1 ± 257.8

0.49

FGF-2

16.63 ± 8.73

17.7 ± 6.9

0.71

PDGF-BB

243.53 ± 388.90

23.0 ± 41.3

0.08

  1. Data are shown as mean ± SD. Mann–Whitney U test.
  2. ROP retinopathy of prematurity, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, MIP macrophage inflammatory protein, IP-10 interferon-induced protein10, RANTES regulated upon activation normal T cell, IL interleukin, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, MCP monocyte chemotactic and activatingfactor, EGF epidermal growth factor, SCF stem cell factor, PIGF-1 placental growth factor-1, NGF nerve growth factor, HGF hepatocyte growth factor, SDF1α stromal cell derived factor-1α, GROα growth-regulated oncogene α, BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor, IFN-γ interferon gamma, IL-1Ra interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, FGF-2 basic fibroblast growth factor, PDGF-BB platelet-derived growth factor-BB.