Mediator | Control | P* | MP-free synovial fluid | MP (1Ă—) | Nx/Nt | P †| MP (3Ă—) | Nx/Nt | P ‡ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Unstimulated | IL-1β |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
MCP-1 (pg/ml) | 456 | 4,754 | 0.001 | 469 | 488 | 6/11 | 0.010 | 900 | 4/6 | 0.156 |
 | (355–1,292) | (2,492–6,081) |  | (293–1,241) | (338–1,481) | higher |  | (346–2,326) | higher |  |
sICAM-1 (ng/ml) | 0.09 | 0.40 | 0.007 | 1.04 | 2.00 | 8/11 | 0.010 | 6.07 | 6/6 | 0.031 |
 | (0–0.3) | (0–0.76) |  | (0.34–1.84) | (0.35–4.07) | higher |  | (0.91–11.75) | higher |  |
IL-8 (pg/ml) | 0 | 8,642 | 0.001 | 26 | 301 | 5/11 | 0.008 | 790 | 6/6 | 0.031 |
 | (0–564) | (2,954–18,330) |  | (0–528) | (0–707) | higher |  | (0–2,100) | higher |  |
IL-6 (pg/ml) | 74 | 4949 | 0.001 | 110 | 136 | 7/11 | 0.042 | 436 | 6/6 | 0.031 |
 | (24–1,710) | (1,870–22,797) |  | (30–1,176) | (34–1,937) | higher |  | (44–3,766) | higher |  |
VEGF (pg/ml) | 48 | 79 | 0.014 | 34 | 74 | 10/11 | 0.001 | 111 | 6/6 | 0.078 |
 | (11–102) | (7–141) |  | (1–97) | (28–138) | higher |  | (27–161) | higher |  |
GM-CSF (pg/ml) | 32 | 53 | 0.004 | 31 | 22 | 10/11 | 0.002 | 18 | 6/6 | 0.016 |
 | (28–40) | (40–72) |  | (26–70) | (14–43) | lower |  | (14–25) | lower |  |
RANTES (pg/ml) | 0 | 138 | 0.001 | 0 | 0.2 | 4/11 | 0.031 | 4.2 | 5/6 | 0.062 |
 | (0–74) | (46–277) |  | (0–58) | (0–86) | higher |  | (0–32) | higher |  |