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Table 2 Concentrations of IL-17A in culture supernatants of unstimulated or activated PBMCs from PCV, nAMD and healthy controls

From: T-helper-associated cytokines expression by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and age-related macular degeneration

 

PBMCs

Control subjects

PCV

nAMD

p

(N = 18)

(N = 33)

(N = 27)

IL-17A

(unstimulated)

20.61 ± 45.23

45.25 ± 65.76

46.01 ± 65.76

0.436

 

(stimulated)

1215.53 ± 875.21

1218.08 ± 860.30

942.09 ± 570.23

0.335

 

Z

-3.724

-3.621

-2.934

 
 

P

0.000

0.000

0.003

 
  1. PCV polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, nAMD neovascular age-related macular degeneration
  2. All cytokines expressed as pg/ml. Data are means ± SD
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BMC Ophthalmology

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