Decreased Soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End Product Levels Correlated with Inflammation in Silicosis

Table 2

The secretion of cytokines and ox-LDL (pg/ml).

	HC ()	Silicosis ()	value^a
TNF-α			0.004
IL-1β			0.181
IL-6			0.002
TGF-β1			0.042
ox-LDL			0.026

^aThe differences were calculated by Student’s -test.