Research Article

Analysis of Inflammatory Mediator Profiles in Sepsis Patients Reveals That Extracellular Histones Are Strongly Elevated in Nonsurvivors

Table 2

Biomarker profiles in sepsis patients at baseline ().

ParameterMedianIQR (25th-75th quartile)

Inflammatory mediators
 IL-1β(pg/ml)6.824.37-14.55
 IL-1ra(pg/ml)670.66266.44-1,231.08
 IL-2(pg/ml)7.621.12-32.42
 IL-4(pg/ml)6.364.82-10.11
 IL-5(pg/ml)19.9415.94-35.56
 IL-6(pg/ml)277.02103.65-1,091.49
 IL-7(pg/ml)8.144.64-22.54
 IL-8(pg/ml)104.5653.26-198.48
 IL-9(pg/ml)15.768.62-34.04
 IL-10(pg/ml)28.4810.59-65.04
 IL-12(pg/ml)19.548.71-45.81
 IL-13(pg/ml)6.680.84-11.68
 IL-15(pg/ml)14.301.36-57.00
 IL-17(pg/ml)49.2219.65-86.74
 IFN-γ(pg/ml)173.40112.79-295.45
 TNF-α(pg/ml)84.5644.98-152.19
 CRP(mg/l)208.15164.26-283.67
 PCT(ng/ml)3.000.78-4.36
 LBP(μg/ml)114.9377.47-172.14
 sCD14(ng/ml)3,159.002,728.00-3,721.00
 sST2(ng/ml)372.36173.64-589.74
 Gas6(ng/ml)43.1534.03-55.44
Chemokines
 MCP-1(pg/ml)125.7249.97-385.93
 MIP-1α(pg/ml)8.485.72-12.92
 MIP-1β(pg/ml)120.9496.09-200.34
 RANTES(pg/ml)2,014.361,088.59-3,285.85
 Eotaxin(pg/ml)95.7859.67-116.16
 IP-10(pg/ml)1,375.94822.83-2,734.51
Growth factors
 G-CSF(pg/ml)161.6070.82-637.97
 GM-CSF(pg/ml)54.3213.46-109.47
 FGF(pg/ml)79.9456.00-116.24
 PDGF(pg/ml)118.7068.22-218.79
 VEGF(pg/ml)25.9810.39-60.54
Endothelial activation markers
 ESM-1(ng/ml)6.003.86-12.95
 Ang-1(ng/ml)0.590.43-1.22
 Ang-2(ng/ml)13.857.85-33.21
 Ang-2/Ang-122.998.96-61.99
Damage-associated molecular patterns
 ecDNAa(ng/ml)545.02276.11-1,194.48
 Histonesa(mg/ml)6.600.45-24.67
 HMGB-1b(ng/ml)3.702.6-6.91
Coagulation-related parameters
 TF(pg/ml)66.9850.64-91.59
 TF activity(pM)38.1324.57-55.79
Others
 Cystatin C(μg/ml)3.752.92-4.05
 Albumin(g/dl)3.382.83-3.81

Data are represented as median and interquartile range (IQR, 25th-75th quartile). a; b.