Research Article
High Levels of Proinflammatory Cytokines, but Not Markers of Tissue Injury, in Unaffected Intestinal Areas from Patients with IBD
Table 4
Correlation analysis of mRNA levels among cytokines and effector molecules in affected areas from UC (Spearman’s correlation rank).
| | iNOS | Granzyme B | MMP-3 |
| Proinflammatory cytokines in affected areas only |
| IL-1 | | | N.S. | IL-4 | N.S. | | N.S. | IL-12(p35) | | | N.S. | IL-12(p40) | | | N.S. | IL-27(p28) | | N.S. | N.S. |
| Cytokines in affected and unaffected areas |
| IFN | N.S. | N.S. | N.S. | TNF | N.S. | N.S. | N.S. | IL-6 | | | N.S. | IL-15 | N.S. | | N.S. | IL-18 | N.S. | N.S. | N.S. | IL-23(p19) | N.S. | N.S. | N.S. |
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