The Th17/Treg Immune Balance in Ulcerative Colitis Patients with Two Different Chinese Syndromes: Dampness-Heat in Large Intestine and Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency Syndrome

Table 2

Levels of IL-17 and TGF-β1 and percentages of Th17 and Treg in DHLI, SKYD, and healthy control groups (mean ± SD).

	DHLI	SKYD	Healthy control
Serum level (pg/mL)
IL-17	26.58 ± 8.19^#△	19.09 ± 6.90^#	13.46 ± 1.77
TGF-β1	31.53 ± 9.04^#△	29.80 ± 8.79^#	37.01 ± 8.11
Expression level in colonic mucosa (OD value)
IL-17	0.28 ± 0.11^#△	0.23 ± 0.09^#	0.09 ± 0.02
TGF-β1	0.0052 ± 0.0013^#△	0.0045 ± 0.0008^#	0.0025 ± 0.0005
Percentages of Th17 and Treg in peripheral blood (%)
Th17	3.1 ± 0.8^#△	2.6 ± 0.7^#	0.1 ± 0.0
Treg	7.8 ± 1.1^#△	4.8 ± 0.9^#	10.8 ± 0.2

 indicated comparing with control group; ^△represented comparing with SKYD group.