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-1β5.16 (3.55–15.29)3.39 (2.22–4.92)0.014
IL-648.34 (26.19–105.07)26.19 (17.55–43.87)0.049
IL-8246.90 (101.19–1427.36)73.98 (35.64–209.75)0.005
IL-106.08 (5.46–8.43)5.25 (3.61–7.64)0.179
IL-17130.29 (99.50–212.33)102.83 (63.53–144.20)0.347
IFN-γ567.53 (536.75–660.14)544.44 (395.04–613.79)0.615
IP-108233.28 (3018.89–80232.70)5783.33 (1699.61–66032.48)0.347
MCP-192.83 (50.33–117.20)65.62 (32.56–105.98)0.019