Table 2

Cytokine and endotoxin binding protein concentrations in healthy volunteers, and patients with obstructive jaundice or cholangitis

Mediator Healthy volunteers2-150 (n=8) Obstructive jaundice2-150 (n=15) Cholangitis2-151 (n=10)
TNF (pg/ml)0.322113
sTNFr P55 (ng/ml)12.97
sTNFr P75 (ng/ml)5717
Il-6 (pg/ml)<54690
IL-8 (pg/ml)<5114201
IL-10 (pg/ml)<55602
BPI (ng/ml)0.539
LBP (μg/ml)5–102447
sCD14 (μg/ml)31717

  • ↵2-150 von der Möhlen et al.33

  • ↵2-151 Kimmings et al.42

  • BPI, bactericidal/permeability increasing protein; IL, interleukin; LBP, lipopolysaccharide binding protein; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.