Th1, Th2, and Th17 Cytokine Involvement in Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy

Table 2

Comparison of serum Th1 cytokine levels (pg/mL).

Group	Case	IFN-	TNF-	IL-1	IL-1Ra	IL-2
Normal	10	24.43 ± 19.77	7.43 ± 1.08	1.82 ± 0.11	14.07 ± 5.92	1.07 ± 0.27
GD	10	111.18 ± 117.69	13.67 ± 5.85	8.65 ± 1.26^▲	22.40 ± 7.87	3.82 ± 0.31^▲
Inactive TAO	20	70.77 ± 7.91^▲	10.63 ± 3.99	7.92 ± 2.24^▲	17.84 ± 13.18	0.84 ± 0.12^#
Active TAO	25	88.04 ± 12.93^▲★	15.73 ± 7.83^▲★	9.25 ± 2.01^▲	18.71 ± 12.74	0.77 ± 0.20^#
	—	30.290	14.034	242.21	0.894	279.10
	—	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.450	0.000

versus normal; ^▲ versus normal; ^# versus GD; ^★ versus inactive TAO.