Fig. 2

profiling of cytokines/chemokines/growth factors secreted from CAAT of non-IBC patients vs. IBC patients. A Representative RayBioTM cytokine antibody array 3 of secreted CAAT-CM from IBC compared to non-IBC patients after 24 h. Boxes indicate the localization of cytokines that show a statistically significant difference between non-IBC patients in the left panel and IBC patients in the right panel. B Bars represent the mean ± SD of the signal intensity value of each cytokine secreted by an ex-vivo culture of CAAT of non-IBC (n = 10) and IBC (n = 10). The cytokine array image was quantified using ImageJ software. The Student’s t-test was used to determine the significant differences in secretion levels of adipokines /growth factors between IBC versus non-IBC patients. ^*Represents P < 0.05, ^**represents P ≤ 0.01, ^***represents P ≤ 0.001, and ^# represents P ≤ 0.0001 as determined by Student’s t-test