Research Article

Differentiating Branch Duct and Mixed IPMN in Endoscopically Collected Pancreatic Cyst Fluid via Cytokine Analysis

Table 2

Inflammatory mediator proteins ( ) detected only in mixed IPMN.

CytokineMixed IPMN
Concentration, pg/mL
Samples Median IQR
M1M2M3M4M5

Eotaxin-3N.D.91.211.8N.D.N.D.51.539.7
GM-CSFN.D.127.59.3N.D.N.D.68.459.1
I-309N.D.2.42.0N.D.N.D.2.20.2
IL-5N.D.11.70.5N.D.N.D.6.15.6
IL-9N.D.14.2N.D.N.D.N.D.14.20.0
IL-17N.D.15.76.7N.D.N.D.11.24.5
LymphotactinN.D.N.D.N.D.N.D.37.237.20.0
SCFN.D.6.42.3N.D.N.D.4.32.1
TGF-β1N.D.104.394.5N.D.81.294.511.5
TGF-β2N.D.170.741.4N.D.N.D.106.064.7
TGF-β3N.D.14.7N.D.N.D.N.D.14.70.0
TNF-βN.D.3.88.6N.D.N.D.6.22.4
TPON.D.76.726.7N.D.N.D.51.725.0
TSLPN.D.6.3N.D.N.D.N.D.6.30.0

IQR: interquartile range; N.D.: not detected.