Table 4 Levels of inflammatory cytokines measured in synovial fluid

HGF

1075.00 ± 254.20

514.30 ± 46.10

0.0352

IFN-α2

279.30 ± 50.09

159.80 ± 12.10

0.0207

IL1α

389.00 ± 23.91

337.40 ± 9.80

0.0367

MMP-1

2219.00 ± 539.60

1270.00 ± 84.74

0.049

MMP-2

1981.00 ± 50.44

1811.00 ± 42.84

0.0248

MMP-7

1189.00 ± 15.21

1147.00 ± 7.63

0.0173

MMP-9

1565.00 ± 473.20

585.60 ± 135.50

0.0328

MMP-12

39.20 ± 0.87

36.90 ± 0.46

0.0227

MMP-13

441.90 ± 18.22

396.00 ± 7.241

0.0187

SCF

478.00 ± 116.2

239.80 ± 21.45

0.0487

SCGF-β

5503.00 ± 1713.20

1928.00 ± 433.60

0.0487

TGFβ1

1723.00 ± 282.00

1070.00 ± 109.00

0.0464

TGFβ2

35.79 ± 4.72

23.69 ± 2.74

0.0415

sGAG

14.04 ± 2.02

6.25 ± 0.57

0.004

GRO-α

459.40 ± 95.18

739.80 ± 61.36

0.0217

IL2α

843.90 ± 166.50

1321.00 ± 120.20

0.0306

IL3

806.90 ± 204.80

1289.00 ± 55.29

0.0395

IL12p40

380.60 ± 81.14

578.20 ± 26.41

0.0342

IL16

708.10 ± 148.50

1353.00 ± 247.00

0.0449

LIF

309.60 ± 60.31

480.80 ± 41.60

0.0294

MCP-3

147.70 ± 29.88

220.10 ± 17.42

0.0466

M-CSF

748.80 ± 161.60

1156.00 ± 107.00

0.0468

MIF

752.60 ± 172.70

1665.00 ± 357.50

0.0323

MIG

1793.00 ± 321.80

4252.00 ± 1018.00

0.0371

TNF-β

148.00 ± 42.95

252.20 ± 8.99

0.0304

TRAIL

714.90 ± 156.20

1100.00 ± 79.97

0.0332

β-NGF

5.67 ± 2.76

3.42 ± 0.83

0.4791

CTACK

613.00 ± 112.90

925.30 ± 172.90

0.1621

IL18

156.80 ± 8.56

160.90 ± 7.90

0.727

IL1β

214.70 ± 99.25

128.80 ± 13.42

0.4113

MMP-3

2898.00 ± 81.25

2961.00 ± 100.4

0.6544

MMP-8

1183.00 ± 310.20

985.50 ± 103.40

0.4934

SDF-1α

506.50 ± 79.08

461.70 ± 51.30

0.6259