Table 2 of Gnanasekaran, Mol Vis 2020; 26:246-256.


Table 2. Changes in serum concentrations (pg/ml) of inflammatory and angiogenic cytokines after intravitreal ranibizumab in diabetic macular edema.

Biomarkers Pre-injection, median (IQR) Post-injection, median (IQR) Change, median (IQR) Match-pairs signed rank test, p value
IL-1β 5.56 (3.6, 8.75) 2.33 (1.51, 2.89) −3.6 (−6.67, −1.05) <0.0001*
IL-1ra 42.49 (5.44, 154.44) 66.9 (29.42, 81.42) 0 (−134.33, 46.4) 0.451
IL-2 0.91 (0.91, 0.91) 0.91 (0.91, 0.91) 0 (0, 0) undefined
IL-4 4.09 (3.29, 5.42) 4.29 (1.83, 4.98) −0.68 (−3.46, 1.41) 0.093
IL-5 2.81 (0.82, 24.43) 2.87 (0.82, 5.91) 0 (−21.56, 0.52) 0.278
IL-6 1.58 (0.88, 5.36) 2.61 (1.75, 3.94) 0.76 (−0.78, 2.36) 0.389
IL-7 4.12 (0.64, 12.34) 1.65 (0.64, 6.6) 0 (−7.38, 1.21) 0.202
IL-8 13.91 (7.27, 32.45) 15.39 (10.43, 17.93) 2.54 (−16.54, 5.04) 0.696
IL-9 0.76 (0.76, 7.03) 19.67 (5.36, 27.76) 18.76 (2.33, 24.33) 0.0003*
IL-10 2.62 (2.62, 10.21) 6.9 (4.06, 8.17) 3.04 (−0.1, 4.57) 0.242
IL-12 2.22 (2.22, 2.22) 2.33 (2.1, 3.34) 0 (−0.49, 1.02) 0.58
IL-13 4.30(1.84, 18.55) 0.38 (0.38, 0.78) −2.16 (−18.17, −1.32) <0.0001*
IL-15 1.91 (1.91, 1.91) 1.91 (1.91, 1.91) 0 (0, 0) undefined
IL-17 2.27 (2.27, 2.27) 2.27 (2.27, 2.27) 0 (0, 0) undefined
Eotaxin 187.06 (114.66, 342. 6) 119.68 (70.47, 207.41) −19.24 (−96.47, 4.2) 0.0058
FGFb 0.6 (0.6, 0.6) 0.6 (0.6, 0.6) 0 (0, 0) 0.157
G-CSF 64.65 (42.9, 108) 37.8 (27.3, 46.37) −41.17 (−72.56, −10.54) 0.0001*
GM-CSF 0.67 (0.67, 0.67) 0.67 (0.67, 0.67) 0 (0, 0) undefined
IFNγ 241 (103.33, 753.4) 94.46 (42.04, 118.58) −192.06 (−668.51, −29.83) 0.0001*
IP-10 234.68 (144.16, 285.98) 158.73 (94.71, 198.64) −39.68 (−138.39, −16.81) 0.0003*
MCP-1 1.62 (1.62, 1.62) 15.23 (4.55, 23.84) 12.54 (−1.62, 22.22) 0.563
MIP-1α 3.65 (2.62, 11.02) 1.41 (0.94, 1.88) −2.54 (−10.55, −1.09) <0.0001*
MIP-1β 0.28 (0.28, 0.28) 6.79 (3.74, 14.16) 6.08 (2.51, 13.1) 0.0003*
PDGFB 276.25 (161.28, 375.51) 296.35 (105.09, 465.09) 29.07 (−76.18, 148.58) 0.242
RANTES 303.62 (228.61, 355.61) 352 (148.03, 512.27) 99.73 (−140.96, 181.95) 0.276
TNF-α 131.09 (100.68, 240.27) 45.19 (24.04, 68.55) −73.44 (−175.77, −49.17) <0.0001*
VEGF 2.55 (2.55, 2.55) 25.24 (14.51, 41.73) 22.56 (10.93, 38.66) 0.0001*
EPO 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 2687.73) 0 (0, 0) 0.699
SVEGFR-1 333.92 (204.99, 440.43) 500.12 (338.7, 786.91) 214.76 (53.59, 371.86) 0.0016*
SVEGFR-2 6695 (6060.22, 8495.57) 8674.84 (7364.98, 10,228.7) 1690.28 (−129.55, 2437.81) 0.156
EGF 79.59 (47.38, 125.12) 64.57 (36.78, 132.55) 12.04 (−52.42, 43.06) 0.599
ANG-2 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0,0) 0.597