Cluster analysis reveals 7 clusters of the chemokine expression
pattern.
Cluster analysis of the data obtained from CRS patients, based on
chemokine measurements only (independent of clinical phenotype) resulted
in the identification of 7 distinct clusters (Figure 1 ). The
clusters were well separated from each other. Means and ratios of
chemokines/ cytokines and phenotype data were calculated and tabulated
as a heat map (Table 4 and Table 5 ) to characterize the
clusters. From the examined CC- and CXC chemokines, ENA-78/CCL5 revealed
no significant difference in the cluster analysis.