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Table 8 Cytokines in sera of control participants (N = 30)

From: Occupational exposure to ultrafine particles in police officers: no evidence for adverse respiratory effects

Cytokines

Timepoint 0

Timepoint 1

IL-2 ng/ml

3.0 (0–33.4)

2.6 (0–34.5)

IL-4 ng/ml

0.02 (0–0.7)

0.5 (0–13.8)

IL-5 ng/ml

7.5 (0–101.9)

4.5 (0–43.4)

IL-6 ng/ml

0.3 (0–3.0)

1.3 (0–26.3)

IL-8 ng/ml

9.6 (0–24.0)

14.0 (0–87.0)

IFN-γ

11.5 (0–89.1)

10.6 (0–53.6)

GM-CSF

0.3 (0–1.9)

0.2 (0–3.4)

  1. Data expressed in mean (range)
  2. IL interleukin, IFN-γ interferon gamma, GM-CSF granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor