Research Article

Diagnosis and Prognosis of Sepsis Based on Use of Cytokines, Chemokines, and Growth Factors

Table 2

Comparison of cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors between control and sepsis groups.

Molecules (pg/mL)Control ()Sepsis ()Bonferroni
MeanSDMeanSDcorrection ( value)

Cytokines
 IFN-α0.050.487.8263.18NS
 IFN-γ0.000.0020.82142.23<0.05
 IL-1RA216.65348.1517564.9432132.31NS
 IL-1α2.187.2318.0255.50<0.05
 IL-1β0.451.623.267.92NS
 IL-210.5710.2617.4024.54NS
 IL-40.000.008.8833.03<0.05
 IL-50.000.004.9518.71<0.05
 IL-64.7217.121931.934803.73NS
 IL-72.211.946.427.94NS
 IL-812.4336.10310.08945.84<0.05
 IL-90.000.0013.6396.09<0.05
 IL-100.070.4488.55321.44<0.05
 IL-12p700.191.720.362.39<0.05
 IL-130.481.946.7719.59<0.05
 IL-1510.3512.4917.4531.95NS
 IL-17A1.042.447.0516.59<0.05
 IL-181.505.5153.4985.48<0.05
 IL-215.1219.14102.14460.64<0.05
 IL-2210.0645.38494.812857.13<0.05
 IL-232.1115.1358.33272.71<0.05
 IL-270.998.7746.00201.57<0.05
 IL-310.655.7530.31158.07<0.05
 LIF6.227.7145.19131.78NS
 GM-CSF (CSF2)0.000.006.7140.87NS
 SCF (KITLG)11.128.9228.7034.10<0.05
 TNF-α (LTA)1.645.734.4314.96NS
 TNF-β (LTB)0.000.009.4872.78<0.05
Chemokines
 CCL2 (MCP-1)65.9648.52811.061335.39<0.05
 CCL3 (MIP-1α)16.0721.3322.9036.19<0.05
 CCL4 (MIP-1β)264.96163.90729.021870.12NS
 CCL5 (RANTES)185.57185.20604.49565.59NS
 CCL11 (eotaxin)112.3049.84126.04100.40<0.05
 CXCL1 (GRO-α)1.8111.5182.01301.55<0.05
 CXCL10 (IP-10)31.9818.56234.04549.42<0.05
 CXCL12 (SDF-1)691.12207.491325.081204.70NS
Growth factors
 BDNF262.82226.55604.23589.93<0.05
 EGF43.6230.9935.9058.03<0.05
 FGF-20.080.7428.01110.35<0.05
 HGF184.27142.381111.451570.22<0.05
 NGF7.4615.3531.1850.72<0.05
 PDGF-BB119.25132.24565.481157.25<0.05
 PLGF-1141.0386.31237.79271.32<0.05
 VEGF-A204.48212.45831.871088.99<0.05
 VEGF-D (FIGF)6.848.4627.5828.21<0.05

IFN: interferon; IL: interleukin; LIF: leukemia inhibitory factor; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; CCL: CC motif chemokine ligand; CXCL: CXC motif ligand; BDNF: brain-derived neurotrophic factor; EGF: epidermal growth factor; FGF: fibroblast growth factor; GM-CSF: granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; HGF: hepatocyte growth factor; NGF: nerve growth factor; PDGF: platelet-derived growth factor; PLGF: placental growth factor; SCF: stem cell factor; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor.