Research Article
Proinflammatory Cytokine IL-17 Shows a Significant Association with Helicobacter pylori Infection and Disease Severity
Table 1
Expression of cytokines in serum and their association with H. pylori infection.
| Cytokine | Healthy group | H. pylori-infected group | value | Range | Mean | Range | Mean |
| IL-10 | 1.77–31.13 | 8.83 | 0–19.04 | 6.91 | 0.4482 | IL-17 | 3.20–11.86 | 8.37 | 8.24–16.74 | 12.67 | <0.0001∗ | IL-21 | Undetectable−14.8 | 4.86 | Undetectable−37.62 | 7.89 | 0.6473 | IL-23 | Undetectable−11.8 | 1.68 | Undetectable−38.08 | 7.06 | 0.0262∗ | TNF-α | Undetectable−984.7 | 224.6 | Undetectable−984.7 | 276.4 | 0.4414 |
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