Table 3 Chemokines and cytokines in serum and BALF†

Serum CXCL10 (pg/ml)

53.9 (18.9-210.1)

74.9 (2.8-1493.8)

0.291

Serum CCL17 (pg/ml)

450.8 (29.4-1450)

132.9 (5.3-1189)

0.003**

Serum IL-4 (pg/ml)

14.0 (0.0-73.7)

13.0 (0.0-43.9)

0.036*

Serum IL-13 (pg/ml)

148.3 (0.0-974.7)

144.6 (0.0-550.7)

0.622

Serum TGF-β (ng/ml)

23.4 (4.5-299.5)

18.8 (1.7-172.2)

0.272

Serum IFN-γ (pg/ml)

ND

ND

Variables

AE group (n = 11)

NAE group (n = 37)

p value

BALF CXCL10 (pg/ml)

59.0 (24.1-160.4)

83.7 (9.1-733.7)

0.624

BALF CCL17 (pg/ml)

8.1 (0.0-38.9)

5.9 (0.0-32.9)

0.233

BALF IL-4 (pg/ml)

ND

ND

BALF IL-13 (pg/ml)

31.4 (0.0-241.2)

68.7 (0.0-290.4)

0.851

BALF TGF-β (ng/ml)

0.0 (0.0-796.1)

387.3 (0.0-1782)

0.042*

BALF IFN-γ (pg/ml)

ND

ND