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Table 2 Cytokine levels of the DM-ILD patients and healthy controls

From: Serum levels of interleukins and S100A8/A9 correlate with clinical severity in patients with dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease

 

DM-ILD (n = 40) Mean ± SD, pg/mL

Controls (n = 30) Mean ± SD, pg/mL

P value

IL-2

4.569 ± 0.0424

4.635 ± 0.0551

0.3413

IL-4

9.743 ± 0.7713

6.594 ± 0.2539

0.0013**

IL-6

44.10 ± 8.1091

11.57 ± 1.9372

0.0017**

IL-10

1.881 ± 0.0929

2.809 ± 0.2445

0.0001***

TNF-α

2.366 ± 0.1400

2.525 ± 0.1301

0.4280

IFN-γ

3.505 ± 0.1612

3.604 ± 0.1496

0.6727

IL-17A

10.525 ± 0.1483

9.367 ± 0.0722

0.5725

S100A8/A9

103.1 ± 6.6925

40.92 ± 4.4302

< 0.0001***

  1. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001