Research Article

Th9/IL-9 Profile in Human Echinococcosis: Their Involvement in Immune Response during Infection by Echinococcus granulosus

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Th9 related cytokines changed in CE patients as determined by the CBA experiment. (a) Comparisons of levels of IL-9, IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-10, IL-17, TGF-β, and IL-6 in HC, CE, and PCE groups. The horizontal bars indicated means. Comparison was performed using one-way analysis of variance. (b) In CE patients, IL-9 concentrations were correlated negatively with IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-17, TGF-β, and IL-6 in CE patients ( , , , , and , resp.). IL-9 was positively correlated with the concentrations of IL-4 , .
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