Effects of Awakening and the Use of Topical Dexamethasone and Levofloxacin on the Cytokine Levels in Tears Following Corneal Transplantation

Table 3

Medians (interquartile ranges) of released cytokine quantities (pg) at awakening (0 min) and 30 minutes after eye opening (* had ≤ 0.007) in PKP patients and controls.

	IL-10		IL-13		IL-17
	0 min	30 min	0 min	30 min	0 min	30 min
Controls	1.3 (1.5)	5.2* (4.6)	1.5 (1.0)	4.2* (2.3)	0.1 (0.4)	1.7* (2.2)
PKP patients	3.0 (3.7)	1.5 (3.0)	2.9 (2.2)	2.3 (1.7)	0.8 (1.1)	0.3 (1.1)
	IFN		CXCL8		CCL5
	0 min	30 min	0 min	30 min	0 min	30 min
Controls	0.8 (0.8)	3.9* (3.7)	86.8 (52.5)	36.3* (52.6)	2.0 (1.1)	7.1* (6.0)
PKP patients	2.3 (2.2)	1.2 (2.1)	54.1 (54.6)	32.8* (34.8)	4.5 (5.3)	2.6 (4.2)