IL-1β and IL-6 Are Highly Expressed in RF+IgE+ Systemic Lupus Erythematous Subtype

Table 7

Serum cytokine levels of all SLE patients with RF+IgE+ and without RF+IgE+.

Cytokines	SLE patients with RF+IgE+ (); Median (25%–75%) (pg/mL)	Other SLE patients without RF+IgE+ (); Median (25%–75%) (pg/mL)	value
IL-1β	6.51 (4.36–13.71)	3.55 (2.42–5.73)	0.014
IL-6	64.29 (46.21–134.27)	28.54 (18.81–47.32)	0.007
IL-8	289.13 (83.86–1288.88)	86.84 (38.4–282.23)	0.058
IL-10	5.77 (3.95–8.24)	5.67 (3.95–7.66)	0.837
IL-17	103.85 (89.18–155.74)	109.56 (67.38–168.86)	0.737
IFN-γ	559.84 (507.94–640.82)	552.14 (437.04–621.51)	0.444
IP-10	5268.74 (937.39–60288.90)	7249.37 (1765.77–68843.27)	0.545
MCP-1	93.91 (57.13–174.04)	70.48 (35.12–106.18)	0.202