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Table 2 Cytokine levels at baseline before and at the beginning of the first clinical symptoms of veno-occlusive-disease and organ specific graft-versus-host disease

From: Cytokine serum levels during post-transplant adverse events in 61 pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Post-transplant-adverse event

Serum level

Before post-transplant adverse event

Post-transplant adverse event

 
  

Median

Range

Median

Range

P-value

VOD

IL-6 pg/ml

3.150

2.0 – 28.0

69.850

7.7 – 197.0

0.0313

 

IL-8 pg/ml

18.4

5.0 – 54.2

105

13.6 – 200.0

0.0156

 

IL-10 pg/ml

3.55

2.4 – 4.7

6.20

4.3 – 20.4

n.d.

 

sIL-2R U/ml

1519.0

397 – 3796

3218.0

1934 – 4666

0.3750

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.260

0.15 – 0.39

0.335

0.1 – 0.47

0.7500

 

TNF-α pg/ml

8.00

7.5 – 21.8

22.30

10.5 – 103

0.0313

Acute liver GvHD

IL-6 pg/ml

2.0

2.0 – 2.0

28.1

27.5 – 28.7

n.d.

 

IL-8 pg/ml

20

5.0 – 35.0

526.5

460.0 – 593.0

n.d.

 

IL-10 pg/ml

2.00

2.0 – 2.0

135.90

98.8 – 173.0

n.d.

 

sIL-2R U/ml

823

823 – 823

5705.0

2483 – 8927

n.d.

 

TNF-α pg/ml

4.00

4.0 – 4.0

50.35

32.2 – 68.5

n.d.

Acute intestinal GvHD II-IV

IL-6 pg/ml

3.3

2.0 – 26.0

24.3

2.0 – 254.0

0.0010

 

IL-8 pg/ml

26.65

5.0 – 5702

33.6

10.7 – 460.0

0.2036

 

IL-10 pg/ml

3.20

2.0 – 7.9

46.25

12.4 – 173

0.0039

 

sIL-2R U/ml

823.5

397 – 2393

2321.0

1296 – 3586

0.0020

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.21

0.22 – 0.41

0.21

0.17 – 0.31

0.5000

 

TNF-α pg/ml

7.20

5.2 – 19.90

28.05

12.4 – 90.6

0.0020

Acute skin GvHD II-IV

IL-6 pg/ml

2.15

2.0 – 7.4

8.3

2.5 – 83.2

0.0010

 

IL-8 pg/ml

10.4

5.0 – 40.0

11.9

5.0 – 47.9

0.2783

 

IL-10 pg/ml

4.90

2.0 – 7.7

6.60

1.9 – 278.0

0.9453

 

sIL-2R U/ml

930.5

397 – 2831

1846.0

918 – 8540

0.0049

 

IL-1 ß ng/ml

0.18

0.1 – 0.39

0.34

0.23 – 0.36

0.5000

 

TNF-α pg/ml

7.20

4.0 – 17.0

18.20

11.2 – 35.7

0.0020

  1. *P-value: statistical comparison between baseline measurements and during post-transplant adverse events by the Wilcoxon matched pairs signed rank test; n.d. = not determined due to small sample size