TABLE 2.
Frequencies of five cytokine positively stained biopsy specimens
Patients | Frequency of cytokinea
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TNF-α | IFN-γ | TGF-β | IL-8 | IL-4 | |
H. pylori infected | 8/10 | 9/10 | 9/10 | 10/10 | 10/10 |
Noninfected | 10/10 | 7/10 | 10/10 | 7/10 | 8/10 |
Number of biopsy samples with positively stained epithelium and/or lymphocytes per total number of individuals studied.