Table 2 Salivary chemokines and growth factors in stroke patients.

• MCP-1/CCL2: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/chemokine ligands 2;

• MIP-1α/CCL3: macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha/ chemokine ligands 3;

• MIP-1β/CCL4: macrophage inflammatory protein 1 beta/ chemokine ligands 4;

• RANTES/CCL5: regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted/chemokine ligand 5;

• MCP-3/CCL7: monocyte chemoattractant protein-3/chemokine ligands 7;

• Eotaxin/CCL11: eotaxin/chemokine ligand 11;

• CTACK/CCL27: cutaneous T-cell-attracting chemokine/chemokine ligands 27;

• GRO-α/CXCL1: growth-regulated alpha protein/chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1;

• IL-8/CXCL8: interleukin 8/chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8;

• MIG/CXCL9: monokine induced by gamma interferon/chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 9;

• IP-10/CXCL10: interferon gamma-induced protein 10/chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 10;

• SDF-1α/CXCL12: stromal cell-derived factor 1/chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 12;

• MIF: macrophage migration inhibitory factor

• Basic FGF; fibroblast growth factor;

• G-CSF: granulocyte colony-stimulating factor,

• HGF: hepatocyte growth factor;

• IL-3/MCGF: interleukin-3/ mast cell growth factor;

• LIF: leukemia inhibitory factor;

• M-CSF: macrophage colony-stimulating factor;

• PDGF-BB; platelet-derived growth factor isoform BB;

• VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor;

• GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor;

• SCGF-β: stem cell growth factor-beta;

• SCF: stem cell factor;

• NGF-β: nerve growth factor-β