Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-17 Shows a Significant Association with Helicobacter pylori Infection and Disease Severity

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Correlation of cytokine expression in H. pylori-infected patients with disease severity. The expression of cytokines in healthy individuals, H. pylori-infected patients with mild chronic gastritis (CG), and H. pylori-infected patients with moderate to severe chronic gastritis was compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test. (a) Comparison of IL-17 expression (). (b) Comparison of IL-23 expression (). (c) Comparison of IL-21 expression (). (d) Comparison of TNF-α expression (). (e) Comparison of IL-10 expression ().

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