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Table 2 Levels of cytokine relative expression in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in patients with post polio syndrome (PPS) and patients with other neurological disorders (OND) used as control

From: Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment of the post-polio syndrome: sustained effects on quality of life variables and cytokine expression after one year follow up

Cytokine expression

PPS (n=37)

OND (n=30)

 

CSF cells

PBMCs

CSF cells

PBMCs

TNF*

0.204 ±0.0340

0.058 ±0.0071

0.112 ±0.0198

0.034 ±0.0060

IFN-γ*

0.281 ±0.0380

0.063 ±0.0072

0.158 ±0.0292

0.040 ±0.0082

TGF-β

0.391 ±0.0234

0.477 ±0.0275

0.398 ±0.0428

0.403 ±0.0440

IL-10

0.148 ±0.0283

0.009 ±0.0019

0.129 ±0.0367

0.011 ±0.0030

IL-13

0.336 ±0.0307

0.117 ±0.0087

0.426 ±0.0448

0.123 ±0.0092

IL-23

0.238 ±0.0446

0.103 ±0.0177

0.274 ±0.0333

0.125 ±0.0213

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. * p<0.05 between patient groups and between compartments.