Fig. 1

Level of peripheral blood circulating cytokines. The amount of cytokines (pg/mL) is shown: a IL-4; (b). TNF-α; (c). IL-10, and (b). IFN-γ in serum from patients with gastric carcinoma, GC (pink filled circles represent each individual) and in healthy population (green empty diamonds per individual). The line corresponds to the median value. *(P < 0.05) Statistical significance; **(P < 0.01), a very significant value, using the Mann-Whitney U test