Chemokines and Growth Factors Produced by Lymphocytes in the Incompetent Great Saphenous Vein

Table 1

Comparison of the cytokine concentrations between samples with PHA-stimulated and unstimulated lymphocytes.

Cytokine	CVD group		Control group—upper limb
	Lower limb	Upper limb
Eotaxin
IL-8			NS
MIP-1A
MIP-1B	NS	NS	NS
IP-10
MCP-1
IL-5	NS	NS
FGF	NS
G-CSF
GM-CSF	NS		NS
PDGF-BB	NS	NS	NS
VEGF			NS

Statistically significant increase of concentration in PHA-stimulated samples: . NS: no significant change in cytokine concentration, .