Table 2 Cytokines level in periphery blood from the healthy and the patients and hydrothorax from the patients
Group | Cases | IL-17 | IL-6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peripheral blood | Hydrothorax | Peripheral blood | Hydrothorax | ||
Control | 34 | 14.45 ± 3.81 | 4.26 ± 0.91 | ||
Tuberculous pleurisy | 35 | 17.49 ± 3.94 | 26.13 ± 5.98 | 4.54 ± 1.02 | 5.31 ± 0.74 |
Group | Cases | IL-23 | TGF-β | ||
Peripheral blood | Hydrothorax | Peripheral blood | Hydrothorax | ||
Control | 34 | 77.55 ± 20.26 | 3.95 ± 0.79 | ||
Tuberculous pleurisy | 35 | 90.42 ± 23.06 | 122.26 ± 31.71 | 3.32 ± 0.80 | 3.12 ± 0.77 |