Research Article

Bone Marrow Cells in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Create a Proinflammatory Microenvironment Influencing Normal Hematopoietic Differentiation Fates

Table 3

Aberrant expression of myeloid markers in B-ALL and production of proinflammatory factors.

CytokineExpression of the myeloid markers CD13 and CD33
Median (pg/mL)
IR
Expression of less than two myeloid markers
(CD13 or CD33)
Median (pg/mL)
IR

IL-146.00
52.38
3.20
96.39
0.009**

IL-1429.00
9911.00
3.20
13.96
0.008**

IL-12p408.00
6.80
3.00
1.53
0.051*

TNFα237.00
342.49
13.92
22.14
0.022*

G-CSF37.00
104.17
24.32
81.19
0.558

GM-CSF7.00
1.69
3.20
0.20
0.015*

IL-717.00
36.71
6.00
12.80
0.222

INF 28.00
12.80
3.20
3.80
0.122

= 0.05; = 0.001.
Concomitant expression of CD13 and CD33. -Mann Whitney test; IR: interquartile range.