Analysis of Serum IgG1 to Predict Progression and Therapeutic Effect in Patients with Multiple Myeloma

Table 6

Concentration of serum cytokines in patients with multiple myeloma.

	Healthy control	Multiple myeloma	value
IL-2 (pg/ml, N = 57)	0.60 ± 1.23	2.08 ± 4.38	<0.0762
IL-4 (pg/ml, N = 57)	0.44 ± 0.83	2.13 ± 3.92	<0.0226
IL-6 (pg/ml, N = 57)	0.38 ± 0.64	10.18 ± 14.67	<0.0005
TNF-α (pg/ml, N = 57)	1.52 ± 1.39	4.08 ± 6.88	<0.0268
IFN-γ (pg/ml, N = 57)	0.44 ± 1.34	4.06 ± 7.16	<0.0075
CRP (μg/ml, N = 560)	3.21 ± 1.81	47.67 ± 66.26	<0.0001