Clinical Study

Changes in Plasma Ghrelin and Serum Leptin Levels after Cisplatin-Based Transcatheter Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 3

The levels of leptin and cytokines.

 Before Day 1Day 7Day 14

Leptin (ng/mL)4.6 ± 5.120.9 ± 13.8*7.1 ± 8.45.2 ± 4.9
IL-1β (pg/mL)1.5 ± 1.71.7 ± 2.71.5 ± 1.31.1 ± 1.2
IL-1Ra (pg/mL)325.6 ± 383.8371.9 ± 210.4268.9 ± 275.5415.0 ± 460.7
IL-2 (pg/mL)21.7 ± 16.618.2 ± 18.626.9 ± 18.822.1 ± 23.9
IL-4 (pg/mL)0.4 ± 0.50.4 ± 0.30.3 ± 0.3
IL-5 (pg/mL)1.2 ± 0.9102.2 ± 204.02.8 ± 3.91.1 ± 0.6
IL-6 (pg/mL)12.5 ± 21.786.1 ± 116.418.4 ± 14.140.6 ± 96.7
IL-7 (pg/mL)3.2 ± 3.31.8 ± 0.92.9 ± 2.32.9 ± 3.3
IL-8 (pg/mL)18.9 ± 22.333.9 ± 28.825.8 ± 30.5*27.0 ± 32.2
IL-10 (pg/mL)1.7 ± 2.75.1 ± 5.11.8 ± 1.73.1 ± 3.1
IL-12 (pg/mL)25.9 ± 92.01.6 ± 0.8*2.6 ± 2.43.5 ± 3.1
IL-13 (pg/mL)2.1 ± 1.73.9 ± 4.82.1 ± 1.51.9 ± 1.6
GM-CSF (pg/mL)16.8 ± 27.149.3 ± 60.123.8 ± 35.92.4 ± 2.6
IFN-γ (pg/mL)15.1 ± 20.811.8 ± 23.812.1 ± 19.38.7 ± 8.7
TNF-α (pg/mL)10.9 ± 25.615.4 ± 38.610.9 ± 27.68.2 ± 12.2
G-CSF (pg/mL)8.8 ± 7.218.8 ± 10.5*9.1 ± 5.88.8 ± 3.7
MCP-1 (pg/mL)33.6 ± 14.299.3 ± 105.4*28.8 ± 16.941.9 ± 40.0
MIP-1β (pg/mL)86.7 ± 26.2168.2 ± 167.391.7 ± 26.3138.4 ± 212.5

. Wilcoxon signed rank test compared with prechemotherapy. GM-CSF: granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor. G-CSF: granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor. TNF: tumor necrosis factor. MCP-1: monocyte chemotactic protein-1. MIP-1β: macrophage inflammatory protein-1β.