Research Article
IL-1β and IL-6 Are Highly Expressed in RF+IgE+ Systemic Lupus Erythematous Subtype
Table 4
Serum cytokine levels of SLE patients with IgE+ and with IgE−.
| Cytokines | SLE patients with IgE+ () Median (25%–75%) (pg/mL) | SLE patients with IgE− () Median (25%–75%) (pg/mL) | value |
| IL-1β | 5.16 (3.55–15.29) | 3.39 (2.22–4.92) | 0.014 | IL-6 | 48.34 (26.19–105.07) | 26.19 (17.55–43.87) | 0.049 | IL-8 | 246.90 (101.19–1427.36) | 73.98 (35.64–209.75) | 0.005 | IL-10 | 6.08 (5.46–8.43) | 5.25 (3.61–7.64) | 0.179 | IL-17 | 130.29 (99.50–212.33) | 102.83 (63.53–144.20) | 0.347 | IFN-γ | 567.53 (536.75–660.14) | 544.44 (395.04–613.79) | 0.615 | IP-10 | 8233.28 (3018.89–80232.70) | 5783.33 (1699.61–66032.48) | 0.347 | MCP-1 | 92.83 (50.33–117.20) | 65.62 (32.56–105.98) | 0.019 |
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