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Table 6 Cytokines

From: Bilberry/red grape juice decreases plasma biomarkers of inflammation and tissue damage in aged men with subjective memory impairment –a randomized clinical trial

 

Bilberry/red grape juice (n = 29)

Placebo-juice (n = 27)

 

Baseline

Post-intervention

Baseline

Post-intervention

pMW(Change)

Growth factors (pg/ml)

 EGF

40.5

(5.4–116.8)

23.6

(3.6–104.6)

10.6

(0.6–59.1)

8.5

(0.6–61.1)

0.02*

 FGF2

29.7

(19.9–83.2)

33.0

(20.0–68.0)

21.3

(15.6–26.0)

20.1

(4.8–27.7)

0.26

 GM-CSF

128.1

(40.6–706.3)

120.2

(44.1–268.4)

71.1

(32.9–129.7)

44.5

(22.3–118.3)

0.66

 VEGF

92.4

(20.6–288.8)

124.6

(3.0–212.6)

114.5

(3.0–289.7)

93.3

(3.2–299.1)

0.02*

Chemokines (pg/ml)

 Eotaxin

902.6

(508.4–1999)

958.5

(466.9–2524)

656.7

(602.7–1025)

703.8

(541.7–1028)

0.29

 Fractalkine

66.6

(3.6–405.7)

66.6

(3.6–405.7)

29.0

(3.6–344.2)

29.0

(3.6–344.2)

0.30

 IL8

11.3

(6.6–28.2)

13.0

(8.1–24.3)

8.7

(6.5–13.7)

9.5

(7.8–16.9)

0.09

 CD40ligand

488.5

(417.0–754.6)

513.3

(347.9–608.9)

508.1

(350.8–641.2)

491.4

(461.5–718.5)

0.09

 IP10

1233

(1030–1848)

1118

(974–1442)

989

(833–1346)

1080

(997–1397)

0.13

 MCP

409.2

(378.6–454.6)

398.4

(385.9–422.6)

415.4

(396.6–515.6)

450.8

(401.3–523.0)

0.55

 MIP1b

110.6

(99.5–306.4)

131.1

(61.7–343.2)

72.1

(52.6–142.9)

93.7

(50.0–137.7)

0.02*

Interleukins (pg/ml)

 IL4

0.6

[0.6, 317.2]

0.6

[0.6, 353.5]

0.6

[0.6, 620.8]

0.6

[0.6, 210.3]

0.76

 IL6

38.1

(4.0–164.2)

24.2

(5.4–170.4)

17.1

(5.2–44.6)

17.6

(4.0–49.9)

0.04*

 IL7

3.7

(3.7–35.7)

3.7

(3.7–25.9)

0.6

(0.0–0.0)

0.6

(0.0–0.0)

0.17

 IL9

1.2

(0.6–7.7)

0.6

(0.6–9.7)

0.6

(0.6–4.8)

0.6

(0.6–5.5)

0.05*

 IL10

1.1

(0.7–4.9)

0.7

(0.7–1.9)

0.7

(0.7–3.3)

0.8

(0.7–3.1)

0.05*

 IL12

13.6

(0.6–80.2)

7.4

(0.6–59.7)

1.9

(0.6–15.1)

1.8

(0.6–17.7)

0.15

 IL13

2.4

(0.6–25.2)

0.6

(0.6–39.3)

0.6

(0.6–9.9)

0.6

(0.6–5.5)

0.30

 IL17

11.2

(4.7–45.7)

13.5

(4.5–39.6)

10.8

(1.5–29.9)

11.7

(1.6–23.2)

0.17

TNF α

8.2

(5.1–24.8)

7.5

(6.1–24.8)

6.0

(5.0–9.0)

6.8

(4.5–9.4)

0.04*

IFN γ

17.6

(5.7–134.7)

15.7

(6.4–103.6)

9.0

(2.0–17.9)

9.7

(2.3–15.6)

0.06

  1. Data is presented as median for baseline and post intervention with the corresponding 95%CL (lower, upper) or [min, max]. P values are given for the comparison of changes between the groups (Mann Whitney test). EGF epidermal growth factor, FGF fibroblast growth factor, GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor, IP immunoprotein, MCP monocyte chemotactic protein, MIP Macrophage Inflammatory Protein, IL interleukin, TNF tumor necrosis factor, IFN Interferon. *p ≤ 0.05