Research Article
Immunologic Characterization of Posthepatitis Cirrhosis Caused by HBV and HCV Infection
Table 2
T-Lymphocyte cytokine subsets of healthy and cirrhosis patients.
| | Cytokines (pg/ml) | HBV-cirrhosis () | HCV-cirrhosis () | Healthy controls () | P value |
| | IL-2 | 2.3 (0.5–41.2) | 2.3 (0.9–27.3) | 2.3 (0.6–10.1) | †.4658, ‡.8798 | | IL-4 | 2.8 (0.6–37.9) | 2.7 (0.7–45.2) | 3.0 (1.4–14.9) | †.7125, ‡.860 | | IL-6 | 11.7 (2.1–100.3) | 9.1 (2.1–102.2) | 2.5 (1.8–11.9) | † .0001, ‡.0001 | | IL-10 | 2.7 (1.0–39.4) | 2.7 (0.5–32.0) | 1.6 (1.0–28.4) | †.121, ‡.05 | | TNF- | 2.0 (0.9–22.9) | 1.8 (0.8–18.1) | 1.6 (0.7–21.8) | †.1205, ‡.7624 | | IFN- | 7.9 (1.6–84.5) | 4.8 (1.2–91.6) | 4.4 (1.8–84.5) | †.0022, ‡.2787 |
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Data are expressed as median (range); †HBV-cirrhosis versus healthy controls, ‡HCV-cirrhosis versus healthy controls.
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