Type of Renal Replacement Therapy (Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis) Does Not Affect Cytokine Gene Expression or Clinical Parameters of Renal Transplant Candidates

Table 3

Mean expression level of the studied genes in PD group presented as ΔΔCt in relation to mean value for HD. As a rule, the HD group mean value is always equal to zero.

Gene	PD (), mean ± SD
Apoptosis
CASP3	0.17 ± 0.97
FAS	0.36 ± 0.57
TP53	0.08 ± 0.42
Inflammation
IL6	0.17 ± 1.72
IL8	0.15 ± 1.01
IL18	0.19 ± 0.57
TNF	0.14 ± 0.45
LCN2	0.05 ± 1.44
Th1
IFNG	0.59 ± 1.54
IL2	−0.19 ± 1.70
Th2
IL10	−0.26 ± 0.64
TGFB1	0.15 ± 0.32
Treg
FOXP3	0.03 ± 0.70

-test = 0.023.