TABLE 2  Evaluation of patient's serum cytokine levels.

From the following article:

COX2-related multicentric mixed-type Castleman's disease in a young man

Jie Liu, Shuang Han, Jie Ding, Kaichun Wu, Jiyan Miao and Daiming Fan

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology (2005) 2, 370-375
doi:10.1038/ncponc0219

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 Control (value plusminus SD) (pg/ml)Patient's results (pg/ml)

6K-PGE2, 6-keto-prostaglandin E2; COX2, cyclooxygenase 2; IL, interleukin; TNFalpha, tumor-necrosis factor-alpha; TXB2, thromboxane B2.

Cytokines
IL-1alpha2.2 plusminus 1.71.2
IL-43.1 plusminus 1.61.5
IL-653.4 plusminus 15.846.2
IL-105.8 plusminus 1.45.3
TNF-alpha42.8 plusminus 26.914.7
COX2 products
TXB24.0 times 104 plusminus 6.4 times 102>1.0 times 106
6K-PGE27.9 times 105 plusminus 5.8 times 1024.9 times 106

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