Modulation of Circulating Cytokine-Chemokine Profile in Patients Affected by Chronic Venous Insufficiency Undergoing Surgical Hemodynamic Correction
Figure 1
Comparison between the levels of cytokines/chemokines measured in CVI patients in the varicose vein blood and in the systemic circulation. The circulating levels of 31 cytokines/chemokines were measured in paired blood samples collected from the forearm and the varicose vein of CVI patients (). Data are expressed as ratio between local (varicose) and systemic (forearm) values. In (a), 7 representative cytokines/chemokines displaying the same levels at the varicose vein site and at systemic level are shown. In (b), the 3 cytokines displaying higher circulating levels () at the varicose vein site with respect to the systemic level are shown. Box plots are used to show the median and interquartile values for each group of data.
