Cytokine | Rhinovirus associated acute wheezing | Respiratory syncytial virus associated acute wheezing | Asymptomatic age and atopy matched control group for rhinovirus group | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | median (interquartile range) | n | median (interquartile range) | n | median (interquartile range) |
Th1-type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
IFN-gamma | 23 | 12 (9.3, 58) | 27 | 0.00 (0.00, 3.6) | 11 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) |
IL-2 | 23 | 7.87 (2.0, 14) | 27 | 0.00 (0.00, 1.1) | 11 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.82) |
IL-12 | 23 | 6.5 (0.00, 16) | 27 | 0.00 (0.00, 1.5) | 11 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) |
Th2-type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
IL-4 | 23 | 120 (52, 190) | 27 | 17 (0.00, 130) | 11 | 63 (6.5, 460) |
IL-5 | 23 | 7.4 (2.6, 17) | 27 | 0.50 (0.12, 3.0) | 11 | 1.8 (0.00, 3.8) |
IL-13 | 23 | 53 (17, 77) | 27 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.86) | 11 | 26 (14, 34) |
Treg-type | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
IL-10 | 23 | 43 (28, 74) | 26 | 83 (39, 140) | 11 | 25 (14, 34) |