Table 1

bFGF, VEGF, TNFα, and IL6 protein levels in infrapatellar fat pad tissues and knee synovial fluids from patients with osteoarthritis and ligamentous injury

	Patient No
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Lower detection limits of the assay: bFGF 10 (pg/g tissue), 1 (pg/ml); VEGF 156 (pg/g tissue), 15.6 (pg/ml); TNFα: 3.5 (pg/g tissue), 0.35 (pg/ml); IL6: 1.5 (pg/g tissue), 0.15 (pg/ml).
Disease	OA	OA	OA	OA	OA	Ligamentous injury	Ligamentous injury
Age (years)	68	73	65	70	76	46	19
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female	Male	Female
Infrapatellar fat pad tissue (pg/g tissue)
bFGF	3760	38800	17200	13370	12700	14950	5640
VEGF	<156	554	277	213	<156	<156	<156
TNFα	9.5	5.4	<3.5	<3.5	<3.5	17.4	54.3
IL6	2.4	11.4	<1.5	1240	12.5	4.2	2.8
Synovial fluid (pg/ml)
bFGF	114	12.8	–	13.1	17.7	–	–
VEGF	2900	1516	–	3640	1364	–	–
TNFα	1.6	1.5	–	<0.35	<0.35	–	–
IL6	7.8	23.0	–	20400	238	–	–