Table 5 Profiling of cytokines from the sera samples of PKDL, and VL patients, vs. healthy controls.

From: Association of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis pathogenesis with prolonged sunlight (ultraviolet radiations) exposure in VL endemic population of Bihar

Sera profiling of

Healthy controls

PKDL patients

VL patients

cytokines

(Mean ± SD)

(Mean ± SD)

(Mean ± SD)

  

284.227 ± 236.144

327.024 ± 283.328

  

(n = 24)

(n = 11)

IL-10 (pg/dL)

274.245 ± 201.442

(n = 8)

Nodular (n = 8)

342.467 ± 201.571

328.811 ± 283.298

BT (n = 7)

  

Macular (n = 16)

293.095 ± 101.845

  

303.877 ± 232.059

AT (n = 4)

  

14.503 ± 14.927

12.757 ± 9.926

  

(n = 24)

(n = 11)

IL-12 (ng/L)

6.702 ± 2.738

(n = 7)

Nodular (n = 8)

4.491 ± 2.265

15.127 ± 16.382

BT (n = 7)

  

Macular (n = 16)

16.126 ± 3.66

  

14.195 ± 14.631

AT (n = 4)

  

5.238 5.693

4.028 ± 3.787

  

(n = 27)

(n = 13)

IFNyR (ng/ml)

3.641 ± 2.076

(n = 8)

Nodular(n = 10)

6.958 ± 3.419

2.043 ± 0.522

BT (n = 10)

  

Macular (n = 17)

9.808 ± 1.93

  

3.244 ± 2.125

AT (n = 3)