Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Inflammatory Mediators in Pediatric Asthma

Table 5

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

Variables	TCM group ()			SM group ()
	Before	After	value	Before	After	value
IL-17	1919.7 ± 1868.4	1072.3 ± 689.8	0.04	1845.7 ± 1552.3	928.1 ± 440.2	0.00
TGF-β1	1003.3 ± 914.1	1079.2 ± 728.1	0.81	1512.3 ± 997.7	634.6 ± 391.3	0.00
MMP-9	387.3 ± 119.3	301.4 ± 75.2	0.03	423.1 ± 170.4	331.1 ± 99.3	0.03
IL-10	43.2 ± 61.9	12.4 ± 5.1	0.01	22.6 ± 12.9	16.0 ± 13.2	0.13