Pleural fluid cytokines
| Infectious disease |
| Interleukin‐8 (IL‐8) |
| Epithelial Neutrophil Activating Protein-78 (ENA-78) |
| Monocyte Chemotactic Protein‐1 (MCP‐1) |
| Macrophage Inflammatory Protein‐1α (MIP‐1α) |
| Interleukin‐1α (IL‐1α) |
| Interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β) |
| IL‐1 Receptor Antagonist Protein |
| Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) |
| Transforming Growth Factor‐β (TGF‐β) |
| Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) |
| Granulocyte-Monocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GMCSF) |
| Insulin-Like Growth Factor‐1 (IGF‐1) |
| Endothelin‐1 (ET‐1) |
| Malignant disease |
| Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor‐1 (PAI‐1) |
| Endothelin‐1 (ET‐1) |
| Soluble ICAM‐1 |
| Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) |
| Fibroblast Growth Factor β (FGFβ) |
| Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) |
| Insulin-Like Growth Factor‐1 (IGF‐1) |
| Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) |
| Hyaluron |
| Metalloproteinases (MMP) |
| Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases (TIMP) |
| Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) |
| Interleukin‐8 (IL‐8) |
| Macrophage Inflammatory Protein‐1α (MIP‐1α) |