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Table 2 Adipo/cytokine levels in secretome samples

From: Adipo/cytokines in atherosclerotic secretomes: increased visfatin levels in unstable carotid plaque

 

Unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque group

Coronary patients with non-atherosclerotic mammary artery

(n = 18)

(n = 13)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Visfatin (ng/μg total protein)

0.100 ± 0.017

0.046 ± 0.012a

Adiponectin (μg/μg total protein)

0.311 ± 0.039

0.369 ± 0.096

IL-6 (pg/μg total protein)

0.048 ± 0.012

0.039 ± 0.008

Lipocalin-2 (ng/μg total protein)

0.009 ± 0.002

0.008 ± 0.001

Resistin (ng/μg total protein)

0.001 ± 0.001

0.001 ± 0.001

TNFR2 (ng/μg total protein)

0.007 ± 0.002

0.005 ± 0.001

  1. IL-6 interleukin 6, TNFR2 tumor necrosis factor receptor 2. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. p <0.05 are considered statistically significant. arefer to the statistically significant differences between unstable carotid atherosclerotic plaque and non-atherosclerotic mammary artery group