Research Article

The Effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on the Mortality of Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Promising Therapy

Table 4

Comparison of the cytokine levels and laboratory results between survivor and nonsurvivor patients in ADMSCs treatment group.

SurvivorsNonsurvivors
DaysDays
<7 (0 day)7–14 (7 day)14–28 (14. day)<7 (0 day)7–14 (7 day)14–28 (14 day)

Cytokines
IL-249.4 (28.5–304.9)116.7 (45.3–258.0)ND0.49734.8 (28.6–83.8)50.1 (45.0–50.7)ND0.980
IL-4405.8 (4.3–2597.5)305.0 (25.4–2716.7)ND0.530431.0 (395.8–483.3)530 (210.0–677.5)ND0.802
IL-1022.3 (0.4–81.7)14.0 (9.3–89.9)ND0.89114.7 (11.4–24.5)9.4 (7.5–30.1)ND0.777
TNF-α137.5 (35.2–557.7)100 (8.7–545.4)ND0.98566.6 (47.1–146.2)87.5 (47.3–184.8)ND0.215
IF-ɣ179.8 (88.2–814.6)152.8 (85.5–992.5)ND0.394105.8 (82.2–223.1)210.1 (96.7–241.3)ND0.260
Laboratory results
CRP (mg/ml)206 (32–290)53 (17–208)49 (22–295)0.113313 (153–334)174 (150–198)199 (70–228)0.665
PCT (mg/ml)3.5 (0.7–100.0)1.2 (0.5–56.0)0.6 (0.3–7.6)0.5106.3 (1.9-100.0)2.8 (2.7–2.9)2.5 (1.3–4.0)0.385
WBC (µ/L)18700 (10950–41800)11440 (6910–36940)7900 (7500–52230)0.20013700 (3070–21780)7550 (2210–12890)11160 (1750–12050)0.386
Lactate (mmol/L)1.5 (0.8–3.2)1.3 (0.8–2.7)1.8 (0.8–2.4)0.5831.4 (1.0–207)2.9 (0.9–4.8)1.4 (1.1–1.4)0.588
Platelet (103 /μl)150000 (26000–479000)247000 (35000–925000)324000 (40000–791000)0.319166000 (121000–266000)172000 (118000–194000)88000 (80000–124000)0.381

ND: not done; ADMSCs: allogenic adipose-derived MSCs.