Figure 1
From: Circulating CXCL10 and IL-6 in solid organ donors after brain death predict graft outcomes
Circulating levels of IL-6 and CXCL10 in deceased donors and healthy subjects. (A) Circulating levels of IL-6 and CXCL10 in serum from healthy subjects (Ctrl, n = 55), and deceased donors (donation after brain death, DBD, n = 1100) were evaluated. The boxes represent the interquartile range, the line represents the median, and whiskers indicate the range of observed responses. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***< 0.001; Mann–Whitney U test. (B) Scatter plot illustrating the relationship between IL-6 and CXCL10. (C,D) Circulating levels of IL-6 and CXCL10 according to death cause and number of donor inotropes. The boxes represent the interquartile range, the line represents the median, and whiskers indicate the range of observed responses. P value was calculated by Kruskal–Wallis test; *< 0.05; ** p< 0.01; *** p< 0.001 at post-hoc analyses by Mann–Whitney U tests, p value adjusted for the number of comparisons done. (E) Scatter plot illustrating the relationship between IL-6, CXCL10 and white blood cell (WBC).
