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Table 2 Significant differences in intracellular cytokine, plasma cytokine, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) data between the moderate and severe group

From: Distinct cytokine patterns may regulate the severity of neonatal asphyxia—an observational study

 

Time

Moderate

Severe

Intracellular cytokines—cell prevalence data (% of parent population)

 CD4+ IL-1b+/CD4+

6 h

3.52 (2.13–5.16)

6.77 (3.18–10.26)

 CD4+ IL-1b+ CD49d+/CD4+ IL-1b+

6 h

6.98 (4.61–9.32)

4.08 (2.86–5.46)

 CD4+ TNF-a + CD49d+/CD4+ TNF-a+

6 h

6.63 (4.47–13.45)

3.52 (2.12–7.23)

 CD8+ IL-17+/CD8+

6 h

5.26 (3.89–14.40)

2.63 (1.75–5.18)

 CD4+ FoxP3+/CD4+

24 h

2.35 (1.96–3.13)

3.02 (2.60–4.13)

 CD4+ TNF-a+ CD49d+/CD4+ TNF-a+

72 h

4.77 (3.43–7.70)

9.75 (6.31–10.80)

 CD4+ IL-17+/CD4+

1 week

3.08 (1.80–4.59)

5.13 (3.40–13.76)

Intracellular cytokines—mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) data (arbitrary unit)

 CD8+ IL-17+/CD8+

24 h

1069 (639–3265)

4187 (1274–6133)

 CD4+ IFN-g+/CD4+

72 h

455 (150–770)

887 (496–1427)

 CD4+ IL-17+/CD4+

72 h

939 (566–1674)

1760 (1614–3508)

 CD4+ TNF-a+/CD4+

1 month

3281 (1752–4326)

4729 (3959–6714)

Plasma cytokines (pg/mL)

 G-CSF

24 h

19.85 (10.87–30.70)

42.74 (22.27–131.3)

 IL-5

72 h

1.37 (0.00–4.69)

0.20 (0.00–0.46)

 IL-13

72 h

2.35 (2.01–3.67)

1.70 (1.40–2.56)

 IL-6

1 week

21.06 (11.89–43.24)

70.25 (33.73–134.1)

 G-CSF

1 week

13.33 (5.52–17.72)

32.90 (16.65–94.76)

HPLC results (uM)

 KYN

1 month

3.62 (2.72–4.47)

2.28 (1.45–3.14)

  1. p < 0.05 for all comparisons