Early Response Roles for Prolactin Cortisol and Circulating and Cellular Levels of Heat Shock Proteins 72 and 90α in Severe Sepsis and SIRS

Table 3

Pearson’s coefficient correlations of hormones, extracellular heat shock proteins, and interleukins.

Prolactin		Prolactin	Cortisol	ACTH	eHSP90α	eHSP72	IL-6	IL-10	IL-17
Cortisol		0.24
		0.05
ACTH		−0.1	0.05
		0.3	0.68
eHSP90α		0.09	0.47	0.02
		0.62	0.013	0.9
eHSP72		0.35	0.26	−0.02	0.553
		0.08	0.23	0.95	0.002
IL-6		0.08	0.24	0.02	0.5	−0.01
		0.5	0.05	0.8	0.007	0.9
IL-10		0.16	0.2	−0.07	0.6	0.7	0.27
		0.3	0.2	0.60	0.001	0.000	0.06
IL-17		−0.11	0.02	−0.080	−0.136	−0.007	−0.4	−0.08
		0.48	0.90	0.596	0.467	0.97	0.3	0.58
IFN-γ		−0.07	0.195	−0.05	0.04	−0.067	0.08	0.45	−0.05
		0.58	0.125	0.69	0.84	0.733	0.5	0.02	0.7

eHSP: extracellular heat shock protein; iHSP: intracellular heat shock protein; IL: interleukins; IFN-γ: interferon gamma.