Research Article

Elevated OPN, IP-10, and Neutrophilia in Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Confirmed Tuberculosis Patients

Table 2

Comparison of cellular and humoral immunity biomarkers between HC and TB individuals.

BiomarkerHCTB
(pg/mL)Median (range)

General activation
 IL-10 (0–51.7)6.8 (0–40.7)**
 IL-1RA39.7 (0–374.9)34.7 (0–230.9)ns
 TNF-α4.2 (0–15.2)9.6 (0–60.5)****
 IFN-α40.6 (0–128.5)23.6 (3.9–157.9)ns
 IL-60 (0–23.4)6.6 (0–41.4)****
Th1 related
 IFN-9.3 (0–35.2)12.7 (0–60.8)ns
 IL-12p4031.4 (0–140.6)14 (0–249)ns
 IL-12p7013.5 (0–73.9)6.7 (0–58.2)ns
Bone marrow derived
 IL-711 (0–34.9)9.6 (0–25.4)ns
 GM-CSF7.6 (0.8–23.0)5.1 (0–49.2)ns
 G-CSF144.1 (19.3–458.0)129.4 (0–310.4)ns
Stromal, angiogenic
 VEGF128 (0–344.1)178.4 (0–1287.3)ns
 EGF109.8 (42.3–488.2)109.8 (0–459.5)ns
Chemokine
 IL-82.3 (0–10)8 (0–61.1)****
 IP-10242.6 (97.8–453.3)1290 (0–9235)****
 MCP-187.1 (48.7–154.5)128.5 (41.6–280.5)****
 MIP-131.9 (0–51.9)33.3 (0–58.8)ns
 Eotaxin38.5 (18.1–112.6)48 (20.7–133.8)*
Matricellular protein
 OPN (ng/mL)69 (40–118.9)159 (28.9–256)****
 Gal-9195.8 (108–507.6)377 (0–2181)****
Antibody
 Anti-TBGL IgG (U/mL)2.3 (0.5–37.3)9.3 (0–64.2)**
 Anti-TBGL IgA (U/mL)1 (0.2–76)2.6 (0–57.6)*

, , , , ns: not significant.
TB group versus HC group by Mann-Whitney -test.