Clinical Study
Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Inflammatory Mediators in Pediatric Asthma
Table 2
Comparison of the mRNA expression levels of IL-10, IL-17, TGF-β1, and MMP-9 between the TCM and SM groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD).
| Variables | Before treatment | After treatment | TCM group () | SM group () | value | TCM group () | SM group () | value |
| IL-17 | 5.3 ± 8.2 | 4.2 ± 6.8 | 0.60 | 8.0 ± 7.6 | 8.8 ± 11.2 | 0.86 | TGF-β1 | 196.6 ± 94.9 | 227.7 ± 130.5 | 0.32 | 170.2 ± 83.0 | 120.3 ± 60.1 | 0.09 | MMP-9 | 2.5 ± 3.5 | 1.7 ± 3.6 | 0.49 | 2.6 ± 4.5 | 1.8 ± 3.3 | 0.66 | IL-10 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 0.33 | 0.6 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 0.73 |
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