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Table 2 Protein levels of chemokines in plasma and synovial fluid measured in 14 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and 14 age matched healthy control children

From: Expression of the inflammatory chemokines CCL5, CCL3 and CXCL10 in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and demonstration of CCL5 production by an atypical subset of CD8+ T cells

Chemokine

Mean levels (pg/ml)

 

Patients (± SD)

Controls (± SD)

 

Plasma

Synovial fluid

p 1

Plasma

p 2

CCL3

3,158 (± 2,618)

21,035 (± 10,829)

<0.0001

55.2 (± 63.2)

<0.0001

CXCL10

1,297 (± 1,148)

6,451 (± 3,174)

<0.0003

87.8 (± 184.9

<0.001

CCL5

211,096 (± 222,730)

743 (± 675)

<0.006

65,402.1 (± 12,962)

<0.05

  1. 1Comparison of patient plasma to synovial fluid, paired samples. 2Comparison of plasma of patients and controls, unpaired samples.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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