Circulating IL-1β, IL-17, and IP-10 as Potential Predictors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prognosis

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Circulating cytokine and chemokine levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), HBV spontaneous clearance (SC), and HBV-related hepatoma and in healthy controls. It shows circulating cytokine IL-1β (a), IL-6 (b), IL-17 (c), and IL-10 (d) and chemokine IL-8 (e), IP-10 (f), MCP-1 (g), and MIP-1β (h) levels in different groups. Each box plot represents the median, interquartile range, and the minimum and maximum values. The Mann–Whitney test was used to compare the CHB (red) and other groups (blue), and Bonferroni correction was applied to adjust for multiple comparisons. value <0.05, and value <0.001. ns: Not significant.

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