Disease dependent qualitative and quantitative differences in the inflammatory response to ascites occurring in cirrhotics

Table 2 Procalcitonin, cytokines and growth factors in the ascitic fluid (mean ± SEM)

	ETOH	HCV	Malignancy	Cardiac
n	25	20	8	4
PCT	0.221 ± 0.129	0.125 ± 0.115	0.647 ± 0.497	0.043 ± 0.033
IL-1A	0.168 ± 0.042	0.200 ± 0.058	0.153 ± 0.052	0.700 ± 0.400
IL-1B	7.479 ± 4.813	4.3 ± 1.193	4.900 ± 1.021	5.000 ± 0.300
IL-2	1.368 ± 1.628	0.667 ± 0.067	1.990 ± 1.044	0.650 ± 0.050
IL-4	9.268 ± 1.628	15.833 ± 4.932	6.533 ± 0.984	10.555 ± 4.85
IL-6	687.177 ± 30.115	807.764 ± 0.867	707.525 ± 54.339	790.05 ± 39.750
IL-8	338.015 ± 91.838	329.567 ± 91.926	229.200 ± 105.057	718.25 ± 80.150
IL-10	74.686 ± 39.663	15.200 ± 3.5	9.043 ± 3.876	76.500 ± 44.700
MCP-1	919.608 ± 41.636	537.600 ± 88.357	576.728 ± 206.393	421.900 ± 82.6
IFNγ	2.114 ± 0.671	0.467 ± 0.267	1.488 ± 0.838	0.2 ± 0.1
TNF-α	22.818 ± 8.882	30.433 ± 20.055	9.672 ± 1.786	70.950 ± 61.750
EGF	1.318 ± 0.345	0.967 ± 0.167	2.407 ± 0.465	4.9 ± 3.4
VEGF	54.383 ± 12.143	129.733 ± 63.589	689.12 ± 499.836	119.450 ± 117.950

No significant difference between any of these groups P > 0.05. HCV: Hepatitis C virus; PCT: Procalcitonin cytokines; IL: Interleukin; MCP-1: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1; IFN-γ: Interferon-γ; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; EGF: Epidermal growth factor; VEGF: Vascular endothelial growth factor.