Significance of Interleukin-6 in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 2

Circulating levels, tumoral protein, and mRNA expression of IL-6.

IL-6	Healthy individuals	Benign thyroid diseases		Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
Circulating levels; M SE (pg/mL)	4.88 0.99	33.73 9.93		246.41 ± 69.41
Tumoral protein expression		Low	High	Low	High
(%)		32 (71)	13 (29)	40 (48)	43 (52)
		; ;
mRNA expression				Primary tumour tissues	Adjacent normal tissues
M SE (counts/mm^2)				4969.46 903.77	1076.06 301.70

Significance of circulating IL-6 levels between benign thyroid diseases and healthy individuals.
Significance of circulating IL-6 levels between PTC and healthy individuals.
Significance of circulating IL-6 levels between PTC and benign thyroid diseases.
Significance of tumoral protein expression of IL-6 between PTC and benign thyroid diseases.
Significance of IL-6 mRNA expression between primary tumour tissues and adjacent normal tissues in PTC patients.