Figure 3. Liver tissue were obtained from healthy controls (HC, n = 5), chronic hepatitis B (CHB, n = 12) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH, n = 28) patients.

Th17 related cytokines RORγt, IL-17, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-21 and IL-23 expressions were determined by quantitative RT-PCR and normalized with GAPDH expression. *p<0.05, **p<0.01.