Research Article

Inhibitory Effect of Natural Anti-Inflammatory Compounds on Cytokines Released by Chronic Venous Disease Patient-Derived Endothelial Cells

Table 1

Circulating levels of cytokines/chemokines and growth factors in healthy controls and CVD patients.

Cytokines/ChemokinesPlasma levels (pg/mL)aLimit of detection  (pg/mL)
ControlsCVD patients

IL-10<OOR<OOR
IL-12 (p40)<OOR<OOR1.1
IL-13<OOR<OOR7.4
IL-15<OOR<OOR1.3
IL-17A<OOR<OOR1.2
IL-1 <OOR<OOR0.7
IL-1 <OOR<OOR9.4
IL-2<OOR<OOR0.8
IL-3<OOR<OOR1.0
IL-4<OOR<OOR0.7
IL-5<OOR<OOR4.5
IL-6<OOR<OOR0.5
TNF- <OOR<OOR0.9
MIP-1 0 ( )13 ( )**1.5
IL-82.2 ( )14.4 ( )*2.9
IL-72.7 ( )3.7 ( )0.4
IFN- 3.18 ( )2.5 ( )1.4
IL-12 (p70)3.2 ( )3.5 ( )0.8
TNF- 3.3 ( )6.9 ( )**0.6
GM-CSF4.6 ( )5.9 ( )*0.7
IFN- 29.5 ( )15 ( )*7.5
G-CSF16.9 ( )29.2 ( ) 2.9
IL-1RA18.3 ( )16.7 ( )1.8
MIP-1 19.6 ( )50 ( )**8.3
VEGF29.2 ( )64.6 ( )**3.0
EGF36.6 ( )95.4 ( )*26.3
Eotaxin48.6 ( )251 ( )**2.8
MCP-1161 ( )224 ( )*4.0
CXCL10195 ( )244 ( ) 1.9
PDGF2,770 ( )9,369 ( )*8.6
RANTES10,414 ( )45,399 ( )*2.2

Values are expressed as median (mean ± SD); <OOR: out (below) of detection range. ; ; .