Table 2.

Levels of IL-17 and TGF-β1 and percentages of Th17 and Treg in DHLI, SKYD, and healthy control groups (mean ± SD) ^*.

	DHLI	SKYD	Healthy control
Serum level (pg/mL)
IL-17	26.58 ± 8.19#△	19.09 ± 6.90#	13.46 ± 1.77
TGF-β1	31.53 ± 9.04#△	29.80 ± 8.79#	37.01 ± 8.11
Expression level in colonic mucosa (OD value)
IL-17	0.28 ± 0.11#△	0.23 ± 0.09#	0.09 ± 0.02
TGF-β1	0.0052 ± 0.0013#△	0.0045 ± 0.0008#	0.0025 ± 0.0005
Percentages of Th17 and Treg in peripheral blood (%)
Th17	3.1 ± 0.8#△	2.6 ± 0.7#	0.1 ± 0.0
Treg	7.8 ± 1.1#△	4.8 ± 0.9#	10.8 ± 0.2

   ^*indicated P < 0.05 comparing with control group; ^△represented P < 0.05 comparing with SKYD group.