Table 2.: Concentrations of Cytokines and Receptors in BALF in fIIPs and C

Protein (ug/ml) IL4Ra (pg/ml) PAR2 (pg/ml) TGF-β1 (pg/ml) TNFα (pg/ml) protein/PAR-2 IL-4a/TGF-β1 TGF-β1/TNF-a TNF-a/IL-4Ra
C
n 9 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
median 125.40 255.50 421.00 197.10 1281.20 0.28 0.68 0.16 7.93
min 32.70 35.60 235.70 133.50 820.00 0.04 0.13 0.08 0.50
max 3400.00 2560.00 3184.50 265.10 2353.00 0.68 11.41 0.27 45.17
fIIPs
n 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
median 87.05 1499.40 1807.90 283.00 1282.15 0.06 6.19 0.21 0.84
min 30.90 650.10 358.00 165.30 903.20 0.01 1.78 0.17 0.41
max 263.10 3056.40 3598.50 487.40 2884.20 0.25 8.93 0.32 2.79
M-W test NS P<0.05 P<0.05 P<0.01 NS P<0.01 P<0.05 P<0.05 P<0.01

C, controls; fIIPs, fibrosing idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; SD, standard deviation; M-W test, Mann-Whitney test.