| Blood | Synovial fluids |
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IL-6 | 23.6â±â5.3 | 11484.5â±â3960.2 |
IL-1ÎČ | N.D. | 4.0â±â1.6 |
TNF α | N.D. | 2.8â±â0.4 |
MCP-1 | 87.2â±â11.1 | 975.4â±â691.9 |
- Concentrations (pg/ml) of cytokines (IL-6, IL-1ÎČ, TNFα, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) were monitored by cytometric bead array in plasma and synovial fluids from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Presence of cytokines was not detected in plasma from healthy volunteers. Data are meanâ±âstandard error of the mean. N.D. not detected