Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients produce higher levels of chemokines CCL2 (MCP-1) and CXCL8 (IL-8)

Table 2 Serum cytokine levels in nAMD patients and controls

Variables (pg/ml)	Controls (mean ± SD) n = 43	nAMD (mean ± SD) n = 133	P value nAMD vs controls^a
IL-8	12.63 ± 9.78	18.17 ± 23.85	0.090
CD121a	1315.88 ± 924.68	1353.27 ± 988.96	0.829
CD121b	2601.10 ± 1601.77	2477.91 ± 1313.55	0.652
CCL2	177.00 ± 253.49	138.57 ± 77.25	0.380
TGF-β1	7930.12 ± 4467.25	8200.52 ± 3613.87	0.757
VEGF	68.18 ± 56.49	92.67 ± 89.07	0.117

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