Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Inflammatory Mediators in Pediatric Asthma

Table 4

Comparison of the peripheral blood levels of IL-10, IL-17, TGF-β1, and MMP-9 between the TCM group and SM group before and after treatment (pg/mL, MMP-9 ng/mL, mean ± SD).

Variables	Before treatment			After treatment
	TCM group ()	SM group ()	value	TCM group ()	SM group ()	value
IL-17	1919.7 ± 1868.4	1845.7 ± 1552.3	0.87	1072.3 ± 689.8	928.1 ± 440.2	0.54
TGF-β1	1003.3 ± 914.1	1512.3 ± 997.7	0.02	1079.2 ± 728.1	634.6 ± 391.3	0.07
MMP-9	387.3 ± 119.3	423.1 ± 170.4	0.42	301.4 ± 75.2	331.1 ± 99.3	0.42
IL-10	43.2 ± 61.9	22.6 ± 12.9	0.08	12.4 ± 5.1	16.0 ± 13.2	0.36