Table 3 Cytokine concentrations in newborns of non-smoking (NSM) and smoking mothers (SM)
From: Maternal cigarette smoking and its effect on neonatal lymphocyte subpopulations and replication
Newborns | ||
|---|---|---|
pg/ml | NSM (n = 33) | SM (n = 13) |
IL-1β | 87.5 ± 98.2 (52.0; 14.1 – 265.4) | 87.6 ± 13.8 (80.8; 78.6 – 103.5) |
IL-2 | 44.6 ± 51.1 (25.1; 5.0 – 91.9) | 53.3 ± 14.0 (53.5; 22.1 – 73.7) |
IL-4 | 26.2 ± 22.7 (16.2; 1.6 – 76.3) | 18.8 ± 6.7 (17.5; 12.3 – 28.0) |
IL-6 | 112.5 ± 204.8 (28.3; 0.6 – 737.8) | 241.3 ± 408.2 (36.0; 7.4 – 1037.5) |
IL-8 | 685.3 ± 1141.8 (166.4; 6.1 – 4474.5) | 879.4 ± 1361.3 (41.6; 0.2 – 4352.4) |
IL-10 | 6.3 ± 9.3 (2.9; 0.6 – 40.7) | 3.5 ± 2.8 (2.7; 0.6 – 8.8) |
IFN-γ | 4.9 ± 3.6 (4.8; 0.1 – 12.8) | 5.2 ± 3.2 (5.1; 1.1 – 9.8) |
TNF-α | 8.1 ± 8.7 (3.9; 1.3 – 29.2) | 19.3 ± 32.6 (3.9; 1.3 – 89.1) |