Table 2 of Liu, Mol Vis 2010; 16:2931-2938.


Table 2. Recovery (%) and positive detection rates (%) for each cytokine in the tear samples and concentrations (pg/ml) of tear cytokines in diabetic patients and non-diabetic controls.

      Concentration (pg/ml)
Cytokines Recovery Positive detection rates Controls DNR DR
IL-1β 93 100 20.0±2.8 20.9±3.6 16.7±3.2
IL-1ra 113 100 3988.7±685.0 9641.7±1923.9* 7409.8±1506.8
IL-2 91 98 105.1±13.4 108.0±17.1 111.2±14.9
IL-4 95 100 14.6±1.4 15.7±2.2 13.0±1.5
IL-5 100 93 15.0±4.0 10.8±2.6 16.7±8.4
IL-6 90 100 64.7±8.8 67.4±11.3 63.3±12.3
IL-7 84 100 106.9±8.2 117.3±12.9 100.1±8.7
IL-8 93 100 54.3±7.2 64.8±7.6 87.3±26.1
IL-9 103 98 539.4±61.2 658.2±87.4 636.0±107.3
IL-10 97 93 31.6±3.9 35.0±6.1 25.7±5.5
IL-12p70 78 100 142.7±19.9 138.3±27.7 99.2±22.0
IL-13 94 100 40.4±5.3 39.54±7.3 31.0±6.3
IL-15 68 84 25.5±3.2 29.7±5.2 20.1±3.6
IFN-γ 91 100 1463.0±158.8 1612.8±228.2 1957.50±166.1
G-CSF 27 100 324.4±32.2 370.7±49.4 319.4±35.0
GM-CSF 53 80 465.8±42.1 486.9±70.0 455.8±46.1
FGF-b 175 93 355.8±38.0 398.1±53.1 344.6±49.6
PDGF-BB 66 96 532.4±65.7 653.7±96.4 512.2±72.5
VEGF 99 100 221.0±16.7 296.1±22.5 270.7±40.2
EOTAXIN 100 100 178.3±14.1 185.1±20.9 170.1±14.7
IP-10 108 100 10466.7±1178.5 14201.4±835.6* 14410.8±901.3†
MCP-1 90 87 61.0±7.2 91.2±6.6* 92.2±10.4†
MIP-1β 113 96 145.7±15.0 172.8±19.7 205.9±66.0
RANTES 110 100 48.1±5.9 51.0±7.3 35.4±4.6