Table 2. Level of cytokines and tumor markers in saliva depending on the histological type of lung cancer
Indicator |
Squamous Cell Carcinoma, n=27 |
Adenocarcinoma, n=32 |
Neuroendocrine lung cancer, |
IL-2 |
0.97 [0.64; 2.21] |
1.15 [0.68; 2.21] |
1.77 [1.06; 2.52] |
IL-4 |
0.53 [0.20; 1.15] |
1.19 [0.30; 1.67] |
0.69 [0.34; 1.40] |
IL-6 |
1.39 [0.44; 4.63] |
0.97 [0.63; 2.34] |
1.10 [0.56; 1.81] |
IL-8 |
124.82 [89.50; 179.01] |
112.00 [51.99; 231.00] |
117.00 [61.50; 251.99] |
IL-10 |
1.62 [1.08; 2.51] |
2.17 [1.37; 2.87] |
2.55 [1.33; 3.10] |
IL-18 |
11.50 [5.09; 50.40] |
9.47 [4.04; 33.80] |
14.40 [11.20; 17.00] |
TNF-α |
1.297 [0.884; 1.710] |
0.526 [0.190; 0.910] |
0.564 [0.487; 0.641] |
CRP |
0.030 [0.016; 0.090] |
0.027 [0.015; 0.041] |
0.014 [0.012; 0.036] |