Interleukin-6, vascular endothelial growth factor and transforming growth factor beta 1 in canine steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis

Table 2 Number of CSF and serum samples analysed for each signalling protein in each group

Groups	IL-6		VEGF		TGF-ß1
n of samples	CSF	Serum	CSF	Serum	CSF	Serum
SRMA	26	28	21	28	36	35
SRMA R	9	8	9	8	0	0
SRMA Th	41	44	41	45	0	0
ME	13	13	11	17	39	35
CNS-Mix	21	22	18	20	29	26
Syst. Inflam.	7	12	3	16	0	0
IE	22	16	14	14	0	0
Healthy	8	8	8	8	20	15

IL-6: interleukin-6; VEGF: vascular endothelial grow factor; TGF-β₁: Transforming growth factor beta; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; CNS: central nervous system; SRMA: steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis; Syst Inflam: systemic inflammatory diseases; ME: other inflammatory CNS diseases; CNS-Mix: miscellaneous non-inflammatory CNS diseases; IE: idiopathic epilepsy.

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