Research Article
Microbiota, Prostatitis, and Fertility: Bacterial Diversity as a Possible Health Ally
Table 3
Concentrations of seminal cytokines in seminal and serum samples of the control group and prostatitis-like symptoms.
| | | Cytokine (pg/mL) | IL-12p70 | IL-10 | IL-1β | IL-6 | IL-8 | TNF | IL-2 | IL-4 | IL-10 | IL-17 | IFN-γ |
| | Seminal samples | Fertile group | 0a (0–1.9) | 0 (0–0.8) | 0 (0–4.5) | 2.2 (0–32.7) | 1812.0 (997.9–3299) | 0 (0–7.1) | 0 (0–27.09) | 0 (0–6.3) | 1.5 (0.0–18.3) | 5.9 (5.3–10.2) | ND | | Prostatitis-like symptoms group | 45.5 (0–252.8) | 1.0 (0–29.4) | 1.6 (0–31.6) | 6.0 (01–100.9) | 1230.0 (684.1–2533) | 47.75 (0–127.5) | 0.0 (0.0–116.3) | 0 (0–20.25) | 0.9 (0.0–21.3) | 8.1 (5.5–48.1) | 0 (0–22.1) |
| | Serum samples | Fertile group | 0 (0–210.3) | 0 (0–199.1) | 0 (0–455.7) | 0 (0–304.2) | 24.4 (0–313.5) | 0 (0–50.8) | 1.0 (0.0–176.1) | 2.0 (0–13.5) | 0.0 (0.0–7.3) | 10.4 (9.1–24.8) | 0 (0–5.3) | | Prostatitis-like symptoms group | ND | ND | ND | ND | 2.2 (0.0–11.5) | 0.0 (0.0–1.4) | 0.0 (0.0–21.9) | 4.5 (0–10.5) | 0 (0–3.1) | 17.1 (11.2–53.7) | 0 (0–27.3) |
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Data indicate median (range). ND, not detected. aSignificantly different from the control group: (Mann–Whitney U test). |
